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ComedyDrama

Stage Mother

- Sex, drag and rock & roll

A conservative church-choir director moves from Texas to San Francisco to run her deceased gay son's drag club.

Release Date : 2020-07-24

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Branded Pictures EntertainmentBuffalo 8Idiot Savant Pictures

Production Country : Canada

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Jacki Weaver

Character Name : Maybelline Metcalf

Original Name : Jacki Weaver

Gender : Female

Lucy Liu

Character Name : Sienna

Original Name : Lucy Liu

Gender : Female

Adrian Grenier

Character Name : Nathan

Original Name : Adrian Grenier

Gender : Male

Mya Taylor

Character Name : Cherry

Original Name : Mya Taylor

Gender : Female

Allister MacDonald

Character Name : Joan

Original Name : Allister MacDonald

Gender : Male

Anthony Skordi

Character Name : August

Original Name : Anthony Skordi

Gender : Male

Oscar Moreno

Character Name : Tequila

Original Name : Oscar Moreno

Gender : Male

Jackie Beat

Character Name : Dusty Muffin

Original Name : Jackie Beat

Gender : Male

Hugh Thompson

Character Name : Jeb

Original Name : Hugh Thompson

Gender : Male

Lenore Zann

Character Name : Bevette

Original Name : Lenore Zann

Gender : Female

Eldon Thiele

Character Name : Rickey

Original Name : Eldon Thiele

Gender : Male

Kris Cochrane

Character Name : Diva

Original Name : Kris Cochrane

Gender : Male

Kirstin Howell

Character Name : Erna Lee

Original Name : Kirstin Howell

Gender : Male

Mauralea Austin

Character Name : Imogene

Original Name : Mauralea Austin

Gender : Female

Calem MacDonald

Character Name : Concierge Brody

Original Name : Calem MacDonald

Gender : Male

Sofia Banzhaf

Character Name : Young Maybelline

Original Name : Sofia Banzhaf

Gender : Female

Vox Smith

Character Name : Young Rickey

Original Name : Vox Smith

Gender : Male

Grayson Bermundo

Character Name : Baby Rickey

Original Name : Grayson Bermundo

Gender : Male

Adrian Comeau

Character Name : Grayson

Original Name : Adrian Comeau

Gender : Male

Murlane Carew

Character Name : Mrs. Diaz

Original Name : Murlane Carew

Gender : Male

Garrett Baer

Character Name : Bear

Original Name : Garrett Baer

Gender : Male

Tyson Thompson

Character Name : Miss Ann Thrope

Original Name : Tyson Thompson

Gender : Male

Callum Dunphy

Character Name : Chappy

Original Name : Callum Dunphy

Gender : Male

Lucus Popowich

Character Name : Bar Patron

Original Name : Lucus Popowich

Gender : Male

Brian Stover

Character Name : Self (uncredited)

Original Name : Brian Stover

Gender : Male

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-03-27

Jacki Weaver is "Maybeline", a pretty conservative Texan woman who discovers that her estranged, gay, son has died of an overdose in San Francisco. Despite the protestations of her husband "Jeb" she heads off to the funeral and begins to discover just how ("Ricky"), long-term boyfriend "Nathan" (Adrian Grenier) and best friend "Sienna" (Lucy Liu) have been living their lives - and of how he and "Nathan" had been running their own drag club. Initially she faces scepticism and hostility from all but "Sienna" - who sees an opportunity for a free babysitter - particularly as it transpires that her son had no will and so everything he had now belongs to her. Her husband just wants to sell it all, but she decides to try and make a go of it; and to make friends with the folks her son loved. It's a kindly, feel-good film with a gentle, if slightly sweet, storyline peppered with some good old drag innuendo and cattiness. The songs are a bit on the cheesy side, but that doesn't really matter. Essentially, this is a film about regret and having the balls to do something about it - part of her determination to make a success of the club and of the acts is driven by guilt, but much of it is also driven by her own pent-up frustrations having been stuck in a banal marriage that had managed to suffocate much of the personality in her that her late son had managed to manifest in his own life. It's not a great film, at times the production borders on the amateur, but Liu and Weaver deliver engaging characters quite well and I rather enjoyed it.