Dancing Queens

There is a certain comfort in predictability. Especially in a feel-good movie. First, one has to be in a mood to play along, second suspending one's belief is an absolute necessity and third, embrace the obvious, no matter how implausible. All of this would help if you were watching this movie. I did and it helped, immensely.

The cast is absolutely perfect and the story is not simplistic. Instead, it leaves many loose ends, which I appreciate. The actress who plays the main character is simply studendous. There is no way to avoid smiling as the story takes you to a place of acceptance of who you are (and who everyone around is) and what you want. From there, obviously, there is a whole lot of light because when you accept yourself completely, you just glow!

This was a beautiful story of coping with loss, never giving up on your dreams, and living life to the fullest. Is it the most thought out script? No. But it will make you smile and was a super fun addition to my date night.

Films from Scandinavia are kind of anti-Hollywood. The naturalism in the play, the clarity of the dialogue contrasts with the completely over-the-top play and chatter in US comedies. However, Dancing Queens shows that the result is not necessarily better. Especially when one tries to lump too many things together, so that the result is a tired stew that burbles along and has the appeal of a politically correct TV film. Unfortunately, this is the case with many Netflix productions and here, too, it is probably not only a rather small budget that is to blame for the fact that some things don't work. All the characters in the film are charming and likeable, that's for sure. A few of them are believable and only Molly Nutley in the lead role is really good. The drag queens seem like a very tired rehash of Ru Paul's Drag Race and actually the whole story is very far-fetched. The dance scenes develop zero dynamics, are cut hectically and don't really bring any momentum into this tired joint either.

I think this movie deserves better!! I really enjoyed it and I loved the storyline! The actors weren't bad at all! Really don't get all those negative reviews!