It'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.
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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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12/06/05
It turns out there is quite a lot that the endlessly recycled and diluted images of the storied counterculture have obscured about some of the most interesting and vital parts of the culture itself, which the filmmakers have brought triumphantly to life.
06/27/02
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
This 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
An entertaining film.
07/11/02
Gaudily filmed, tenderly imagined.
08/23/02
A totally delightful hoot.
07/23/02
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 CriticAn insightfully cheeky entertainment.
08/21/02
The real value of the film ... lies in its retrieval of a hugely influential -- even revolutionary -- arts collective from the cultural dustbin where anything that didn't happen yesterday, or on MTV, is casually remaindered.
07/25/02
Fond, funny documentary.
06/25/02
Top CriticA sweet-natured reconsideration of one of San Francisco's most vital, if least widely recognized, creative fountainheads.
05/10/02
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
Not a film for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit, but for the rest of us -- especially San Francisco lovers -- it's a spirited film and a must-see.
05/10/02
Not so much a gushing tribute to a troupe of only rudimentary and frankly dubious talent as it is a celebration of a now-distant time remembered only through the bracing movies and music that it produced.
06/28/02
One fantastic (and educational) documentary.
10/04/02
A fascinating case study of flower-power liberation -- and the price that was paid for it.
07/24/02
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
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