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      R Now Playing 1h 51m Comedy LGBTQ+ List
      37% Tomatometer 27 Reviews 85% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings Sometimes it takes a death to bring a family together. The all-star casts puts a comedic twist on a story of unconditional love, acceptance and "coming out" in a Texas family. The eccentric cast of characters come together when their intertwining lives prepare for the funeral of the family matriarch. Read More Read Less Now in Theaters Now Playing Buy Tickets

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      Robert K. Elder Chicago Tribune A train wreck you can't help but watch. Rated: 2.5/4 Jul 20, 2002 Full Review Erin Meister Boston Globe While the film at times feels like a clumsily acted play, a surprising turn by Delta Burke carries the cast out of the doldrums of an often-strained plot line. Rated: 2/4 Jun 28, 2002 Full Review Geoff Pevere Toronto Star A movie that, while robustly performed ... has the strange effect of not so much opening up a play for the screen as closing it in. Jan 18, 2002 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 1/5 May 31, 2005 Full Review Janet Branagan Apollo Guide Runs the risk of alienating its audience by going a little too far over the top and, in its efforts to be different, delivers instead, more of the same. Rated: 57/100 Aug 3, 2003 Full Review Walter Chaw Film Freak Central Texans are idiots, but they have hearts as big as the great outdoors--I get it already. Rated: 0/4 Apr 2, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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      santiago v A very funny cult classic. The performances of Leslie Jordan and Delta Burke show they were still on top of their game. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/03/23 Full Review Tyson M Awesome!! A Cult Classic!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/19/23 Full Review Em H It upsets me how many people have never seen this dark comedy. The world misses Leslie Jordan, and Brother Boy is one of those roles that are why. If you grew up in a small town where people are close, but homophobia is high then this is the movie for you. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/18/23 Full Review kenneth b I don't know how I missed this movie, but I only stumbled upon it accidentally after Olivia Newton-John died. But I'm glad I did. Excellent performances by the solid cast and delightfully low budget! It's always nice to see the reflection of a boom mic in a picture on the wall, or a serious open casket funeral scene where the dead person is clearly breathing! LOL. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review jonathan m The show was amazing Sordid Life's the Series it left on a cliff hanger it was the last time I watched a show. It got cancled just like, Cybill ! 5 mrs buchanns, Union Square, Style and Grace to name a few everything I liked got cancled so I just stopped watching TV. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member It ages well from whim I saw it when it came out. Bold campy tough truths. Deservedly a cult classic. Should be seen every twenty years Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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      Synopsis Sometimes it takes a death to bring a family together. The all-star casts puts a comedic twist on a story of unconditional love, acceptance and "coming out" in a Texas family. The eccentric cast of characters come together when their intertwining lives prepare for the funeral of the family matriarch.
      Director
      Del Shores
      Producer
      Victoria Alonso, Max Civon, J. Todd Harris, Sharyn Lane, Steve Cubine
      Screenwriter
      Del Shores, Del Shores
      Distributor
      here! Films, Regent Entertainment [us]
      Production Co
      Daly-Harris Productions, Sordid Lives, LLC, Davis Entertainment Classics
      Rating
      R (Sexual Content|Nudity|Language)
      Genre
      Comedy, LGBTQ+
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      May 11, 2001, Wide
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Aug 10, 2016
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $1.0M
      Runtime
      1h 51m
      Sound Mix
      Surround, Dolby Stereo
      Aspect Ratio
      Flat (1.85:1)
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