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12/06/05
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The Cockettes (2002)
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Reviews Counted:38
Fresh:34
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.7/10
Consensus: The Cockettes provides a colorful, eye-opening view of the counterculture 1960s.
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: In 1969 San Francisco, a group of hippies were assembled by a charismatic free spirit known as Hibiscus to create an act to go on before a midnight film festival. They dressed in outlandish and... [More]
Starring: Sylvia Miles, John Waters, Holly Woodlawn
Director: David Weissman, Bill Weber
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Reviews for The Cockettes
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08/12/05
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07/21/05
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03/10/03
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12/28/02
Top CriticThis is one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party.
12/28/02
Much has been written about those years when the psychedelic '60s grooved over into the gay '70s, but words don't really do the era justice. You have to see it.
10/21/02
One fantastic (and educational) documentary.
10/04/02
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09/27/02
Cockettes has the glorious, gaudy benefit of much stock footage of Those Days, featuring all manner of drag queen, bearded lady and lactating hippie.
09/06/02
Top CriticAs Weber and Weissman demonstrate with such insight and celebratory verve, the Cockettes weren't as much about gender, sexual preference or political agitprop as they were simply a triumph of the indomitable human will to rebel, connect and create.
09/06/02
Top CriticGaudily filmed, tenderly imagined.
08/23/02
An insightfully cheeky entertainment.
08/21/02
Top CriticThis expert, heartfelt movie establishes them as being as much a part of swingin' San Francisco as the Grateful Dead or the Beats.
08/09/02
Top CriticManages to transcend the sex, drugs and show-tunes plot into something far richer.
08/08/02
Top CriticIt's a warm, vibrant visit with a flock of freaky creative people and proves that being a total weirdo is a very good thing indeed.
08/02/02
Top CriticIt celebrates the group's playful spark of nonconformity, glancing vividly back at what Hibiscus grandly called his 'angels of light.'
07/26/02
An irresistible documentary look at the ensemble of the moment in the hippie kingdom of San Francisco, this comprehensive and charming film not only recalls those days exactly, it also manages the wonderful trick of taking us back there along with it.
07/26/02
Top CriticAn occasionally interesting but mostly repetitive look at a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten.
07/26/02
A fascinating poke into the soul of the '60s.
07/25/02
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