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Sordid Lives

Delta Burke (Actor), Bonnie Bedelia (Actor), Del Shores (Director) | Rated: R (Restricted) | Format: DVD
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)

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If you've got a taste for big hair, broad Texas accents, and gay rights, this mixture of white-trash comedy and coming-out melodrama is for you. Sordid Lives starts out as chicken-fried farce, as a funeral is prepared for a woman who died when she tripped over her adulterous lover's wooden legs; about midway the emphasis shifts to a drag queen unfairly held in a mental institution and the dead woman's grandson, an actor in Los Angeles who hasn't come out to his mother. The tone shifts wildly, and the humor depends on your fondness for the white-trash genre--if you like it, this will tickle your ribs; if you don't, it'll fall flat as the panhandle landscape. But it must be said that the cast (including Bonnie Bedelia, Beau Bridges, Delta Burke, and Olivia Newton-John) dives right in, no matter how over-the-top their characters get. --Bret Fetzer

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Get ready for laughs the size of Texas when Olivia Newton-John, Beau Bridges, Bonnie Bedelia and Delta Burke lead an all-star cast in this twisted, white-trash tale "that puts the 'fun' in 'dysfunctional'" (Toronto Sun). The hilariously sordid details about a southern family surface with a vengeance when relatives converge for the funeral of "Grandma Peggy," who died after tripping over her lover's wooden legs! Toss in a couple of feuding, big-haired daughters, a jumpy aunt who just quit smoking, the scorned neighbor from hell, and crazy, cross-dressing "Brother Boy" - and you've got an outrageous "train wreck you can't help but watch!" (Chicago Tribune)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Destined to be a cult classic of 'white trash' humor Jun 20 2004
Format:DVD
This DVD came highly recommended by several friends. I was sure not disappointed. I've watched it a half-dozen times now and loved it every time.

The actors are fabulous, especially Leslie Jordan as 'Brother Boy' Earl. Far from playing the role in typical drag queen camp, Jordan brings depth and even poignancy to his (hilarious) character, who copes with his hellish looney bin existence by living out vicariously the life of Tammy Wynette. Beth Grant is also sensational in her protracted nicotine fit.

I've seen enough of mega-studio Hollywood not to mind the fresh, offbeat, low-budget feel of this film. The big-name talent certainly delivers, including, as musical backdrop, Olivia Newton-John's awesome guitar numbers (impressively sung live on camera--wow what a talent, she's still got it).

Apart from uproarious laughs, the film offers a meaningful theme of the dysfunctionality that non-acceptance from DENIAL can inject into family relationships. Be sure to add 'Sordid Lives' to your DVD collection, because it's becoming a cult classic of white trash humor--and memorable lines from the film are starting to go around. I'd tell you more about this movie, but you'll have to, in the words of Brother Boy...."excuse me...I got a show to do!"

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Like a fever dream from Dubya... Mar 22 2003
By A Customer
Format:DVD
"Sordid Lives" is a LOUD, non-stop rollercoaster ride through a tangled web of sex, lies, and psychoanalysis which takes place (for the most part) in small-town Texas. The plot revolves around the untimely death of the matron of an ultra-dysfunctional family and the drama leading up to the climatic funeral. Although they are billed as stars of the film, Olivia Newton-John, Beau Bridges, and Delta Burke essentially provide slightly more than cameo appearances. Of the three, Newton-John's role is the most interesting and sadly, the least developed. The remaining cast members, with the exception of Bonnie Bedelia, are unknown carry-overs from the stage production.
The film is full of comical moments and generates a lot of laughs, but the tone is very uneven. And waaaaaaaay too much screen time is devoted to the scenes involving the attempted "de-homosexualization" of the family drag queen. Ai-yai-yai.
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Disappointing, Contrived July 14 2004
By A Customer
Format:DVD
Perhaps it was sooooo built up as this amazing gut buster, that I viewed it with too high expectations. I was actually bored. I thought the writing was contrived and the acting so over the top that it was hard to find a shred of believability. Also - SHRILL goes a long way. I'm from Texas - I grew up with hicks and these characters were sub-standard imitations. I always miss that magical mix of the absurd with characters that you empathize with in Del Shores writing. One positive note, the slapstick element during the coffin scene helped pick things up a bit.
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Most recent customer reviews
Funny Funny Funny
I thought I was going to be sick I was laughing so hard, this was a very funny movie, I watched it with a group of friends and we all liked it.
Published on Jun 15 2004
loved it
i have watched this movie 5 times and just love it....funny funny funny,,,,i highly recommend when you are feeling down,,,plug this in....it will change your attitude...phil
Published on Jun 13 2004 by philip strauch
Gay porn scenes, fake accents, horrible acting, bad writing.
Easily the worst flick ever made. I had to pull the disc out of the player during the graphic gay orgy scene. Olivia sings the B word and the S word. Read more
Published on Jun 3 2004
Loved it!!!!!
This was great!!! What a wonderful and charming movie!!!
Published on Jun 2 2004 by Ray
A few laughs but a poor man's Steel Magnolias
I watched this with friends the other night having heard wonderful things about it. Maybe I went in with too high of expectations but I thought the characters were a bit too over... Read more
Published on May 27 2004 by M. G. Mora
TEXANS, CAN BE FUNNY!!
Sordid lives, is one of the funniest flicks to come around, and for me to say that, really means its great, as I do not like most comedies. Read more
Published on May 19 2004 by "yaaah69"
Bad Hair and Tammy Wynette
i had wanted to watch this movie for the longest time and i am so glad i finally did. this hilarious movie about white trash had me laughing so hard i amost fell off my couch. Read more
Published on April 5 2004 by Jeremy Boettcher
Bad Hair and Tammy Wynette
i had wanted to watch this movie for the longest time and i am so glad i finally did. this hilarious movie about white trash had me laughing so hard i amost fell off my couch. Read more
Published on April 5 2004 by Jeremy Boettcher
This thing is amazing
The first time I watched this, I would have given it maybe three stars, but it's one of those that the more ya watch, the more ya get out of it. Read more
Published on Mar 24 2004 by "jmason16"
Sordid Pleasure!!!!!!!!!!!!
Welcome to the wonderful world of White Trash---And boy are you in for a ride!!!!! When their mother (and sister) die in a motel after committing adultery (she tripped over her... Read more
Published on Mar 13 2004 by Daryl B
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