Summary
A teacher from New York moves to a small town in Texas, gets fired for being gay, and returns disguised in drag to get revenge on the people who were nasty to him.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences a little warmer than critics (+9)
Critics 50Audiences 59GoodWatch 55
Tomatometer50%
IMDb5.9
Audience score58%
Running time
1 h 24 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −16 min on the typical 100
typical 10084Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 8 more
Released
2016
June 3, 2016
10 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightParty VibePartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBackground WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 13 more33 people
- Bianca Del RioRichard Martinez / Ms. Bianca Del Rio
- Rachel DratchDeborah Ward
- LBLola BothaLola
- Grayson Thorne KilpatrickFreckly Boy
- Willam BelliBailey
- ShangelaStephen
- MKMarkus KelleChakha Convict
- Alan CummingLawrence Taylor
- RuPaulWeatherman
- GFGene FogartyCowboy Willie
- MMMisti MorleyJanice
- KKKaleb KingBobby
- Denton Blane EverettCoach Chuck
- KJKeven JacksonThe Sleeper
Molly RymanCarly Ward- TMTéa MckayKeeley Carson
- BMBerkley McFarlinAmber
- JAJacob AudirschTommy
Sam ChanceSam
Ted FergusonPrincipal Wayne
Becky Jane RomineSuperintendent Howard
Bianca LeighKarma Johnstone- SMSunel MolinaSnake
Joslyn FoxJoslyn Fox
Directing · 1
- Matt Kugelman Director, Writer, Editor
Production · 12
- Brandon Voss Executive Producer
- Anthony Chiocchi Executive Producer
- Jerry Callejas Executive Producer
- Jonathan Yaskoff Executive Producer
- Ash Christian Producer
- Judy Bowman Casting
Camera · 1
- Austin Schmidt Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Scott Martin Editor
Sound · 1
- Mark Vogel Music
Art · 2
- Ryan Mattheiu Smith Production Design, Costume Designer
- Regan Adair Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Bianca Del Rio Wigmaker, Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 2
- Jason Lee Courson Visual Effects
- Jake Akuna Visual Effects
Other crew · 8
- Bob the Drag Queen Thanks
- Jinkx Monsoon Thanks
- Courtney Act Thanks
- Tina Burner Thanks
- David Charpentier Thanks
- Darienne Lake Thanks
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