The read
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 71% of the 2,359 2000s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer Lola and everything changes.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes58%
Metacritic57/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
370 audience votes
Key crew
- Julian JarroldDirector
- Geoff DeaneScreenplay
- Tim FirthScreenplay
- Adrian JohnstonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Joel EdgertonCharlie Price
- Chiwetel EjioforLola/Simon
- Sarah-Jane PottsLauren
- Nick FrostDon
- Linda BassettMel
- Jemima RooperNicola
- Robert PughHarold Price
- Ewan HooperGeorge
- Stephen MarcusBig Mike
- Mona HammondPat
- Kellie BrightJeannie
- Joanna ScanlanTrish
Stills
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Themes
factory workercareerfactorysmall towntransvestismenglanddrag queencabaretmilanmusicallossbased on true story
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