Quartile rating: 7.5/10 · 1 rating
Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.
Priscilla is a distinctive, one-of-a-kind road movie that earns its Novelty score through its utterly singular combination of the Australian outback, flamboyant drag performance, and genuine emotional tenderness. The film's visual palette — sequined costumes blazing against the red desert — is memorable and distinctive cinematography, though not technically groundbreaking. The plot is a fairly episodic road-trip structure with predictable beats of prejudice-and-acceptance, keeping it at a solid but unremarkable level. The acting is warm and charming, with Hugo Weaving and Terence Stamp in particular delivering nuanced performances, but the ensemble doesn't quite reach the exceptional tier. The ending resolves satisfyingly if somewhat neatly, consistent with the film's celebratory spirit without offering any real surprise.