Once and Future Queen (2000) Reviews

• Wow, this one is really bad!

  kwidownunder2007-04-04

  I recently watched this movie online on Lycos cinema. I did so out of curiosity after reading jjwfuhrman's review. Did I ever make a mistake! Frankly, I thought jj's review had to have been drastically overstated. I've lived in Manhattan (UES) my entire life save four years in Ithaca for college. The lower East Side of Manhattan just isn't as bad as it once was. However, this movie is just plain sick. The film takes every stereotype about the Lower East Side and magnifies it in a distorted an implausible way. The characters in this story are just plain gross. The protagonist is played by the performance artist Philly. I have seen a little of her other work and have yet to figure out what if any talent she possesses. One really has to work at it to get booed off the stage at the old CBGBs in the Bowery. Yet, that is exactly what happened to her. In the end, I think it's safe to say that she wasn't acting at all - just being her obnoxious self. I feel as though I have been robbed of two hours out of my life that I will never be able to get back.

• Wow

  sammymar9992008-02-16

  This thing just stinks. Weird! I have to complete ten lines in order to have my comment posted but I just don't know what to say. Yeah, freak city to the max but it's like these freaks are playing mind games its like they made this piece of crap and the joke is on us because we actually watched the thing. I just see them laughing their freak asses off because another sucker like me watched their crap. This thing is just sick and gross. Who would make such a thing? I just kept waiting for the punch line or some major turnabout or climax that would make sense of it all but it just never happened. Somebody obviously bought a camcorder and just went around the weirdo hangouts filming people and passed it off as a movie. This is like some type of fraud or scam that is being played on people for the amusement of the jerks that made it.

• Not For Everyone

  Suriname862012-07-28

  Saying it's "offbeat" would be an understatement. Antimatter is an obnoxious bum, but some of the things she says are almost profound; it's a peak into a kind of hyper-reality world of punk. Like I said, it's not for everyone, but it's such an unusual film, that it's worth a peak just to see if you like it. BTW, be prepared for some nudity; if you don't like fat women...you've been warned. THe music is surprisingly decent too as are the performances. It was on Netflix but i don't think it's in their lineup anymore so i don't know where you'll be able to see it, but again it's worth a peak.