Sordid Lives

So I patiently waited for it to come out on DVD and I am happy to say that it is just as funny as I remember. It has many, many laugh-out-loud moments and the entire cast is great. However, Leslie Jordan as Brother Boy and Beth Grant as Sissy are standouts and you will be quoting their lines all the time...they are just that good! And the DVD comes with lots of extras for the truly obsessed Sordid Lives fan!

I know that My Big Fat Greek Wedding was a movie that became a hit by word of mouth. I think it is time that Sordid Lives became a DVD hit too! So spread the word...


One of the funniest films I've EVER seen!   December 9, 2002
 9 out of 9 found this review helpful

I saw this film at a fund-raising event in East Stroudsburg, PA today (12/8/02)to benefit the Lehigh Valley F.A.C.T. (Fighting Aids Continuously Together) and I can't recall a more enjoyable movie. I have a good friend who is very active in the organization and, when I read about the performance, thought it sounded like something I might find interesting. Well ... that was certainly the case.Excellent cast and the actor portraying the young gay male is yummy (and, I couldn't care less if he's straight or not ... he's talented!). The audience was truly diverse and everyone there seemed to find it vastly amusing and -- in some scenes -- extremely touching. Talented cast and great music. I'm ordering the DVD because: 1) I missed some of the lines due to the audience's (and my) raucous laughter and 2) I want to share it w/ family and friends and revel in their enjoyment.
I LOVED this movie! (For the record, I am 70 years old and a grandmother, happily married and lucky to be who I am!)


Destined to be a cult classic of 'white trash' humor   June 21, 2004
 11 out of 12 found this review helpful

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!"


The Best Little Known Movie in Texas (and elsewhere)   April 24, 2003
 5 out of 5 found this review helpful

If you've ever been to a small Texas town or know someone from a small Texas town, you've got to see this movie.
If you don't fit into the above category, you may find this movie a little bit far fetched.
As a native small town Texan, I can relate to the characters and the events (the funeral, the A/C, etc)
The writer/director depicted small Texas life with such precision, that it sometimes seems over the top-- but I guarantee that each one of those characters exists in each small town in Texas.

As for the DVD, albeit not loaded with alot of special features, is ok. There are a few deleted scenes that you'll be thankful were not part of the movie. There's a few other tidbits on the DVD-- but it's no 'Lord of the Rings Special Edition'.

However, the movie itself is so good, you may not notice that the DVD extras themselves are just your basic filler.


TEXANS, CAN BE FUNNY!!   May 20, 2004
 5 out of 5 found this review helpful

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. I can count the ones I like in the last 10 years on my fingers and have some digits left over. Hurrah for Del Shores, his cast and crew. I can believe that everyone on the set had a great time and laughed a lot. Beau Bridges was quite funny as the lover of the Ingram's clans mother. who stumbles over Bridges wooden legs after an affair in a motel and dies, morbid, not by a long shot. The laughs get better. Delta Burke is superb as the jilted wife and has lost mucho weight since "Designing Women." But, the Oscar goes to Leslie Jordan, (Earl Brother Boy, Ingram) who has been sent to the loony bin to have him straightened out. His scenes with hi therapist is so funny I actually cried I laughed so hard, and his closing scene at the funeral is beyond belief.
Folks if you missed this one the first go round, please for your own sake rent it, buy it, you will not be sorry. This film is rated fff for funny, funny, funny. But if you are one of those tight lipped southerners who cannot laugh at the wild side of life, stay far away.
I rate this flick 5/5 or 10/10
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