ALL THE QUEEN'S MEN
[CRITIC’S PICK]
Friday, Oct. 18, 9 p.m.
Lincoln Theatre, $9
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Let’s get one thing perfectly clear: Matt LeBlanc does not make a pretty woman. Nor is the Friends star meant to in the funny and charming All the Queen’s Men, a World War II screwball comedy about a group of misfits who go undercover in drag, deep into the heart of Nazi Germany, to steal an Enigma machine for the Allies.
The movie, which is getting a mainstream theatrical release later this year, is the Hollywood feather in this year’s Reel Affirmation cap. LeBlanc is on macho overdrive as a super-spy reluctantly forced into a wig and nylons, but it’s British comic Eddie Izzard who steals the film as a full-fledged gay drag queen who must teach LeBlanc and his far-from-elite troop to sashay in heels. These are broad-shouldered dames, with skull-crushing thighs, caterpillar-thick eyebrows and deep voices. And the joke is, they pass perfectly as German women.
 All the Queen’s Men |
Expertly directed by Stefan Ruzowitsky, All the Queen’s Men is delightful, entertaining, first-rate fun. Had it been programmed just one night earlier, it would have the opened the festival with a joyous big bang. — RS
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