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Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis Review

Other Critics provided by Metacritic.com

Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 4.0
    71

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally favorable reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 63

    out of 100

    Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington

    It's an engrossing peek at an era that now seems as meteoric, crazy and distant as the Roaring Twenties.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

    The film is full of flamboyant personalities, and they all contribute to the impression that Highberger above all wants to pay tribute to Curtis' brave determination to discover and express his ever-changing identity at all costs.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    The New York Times Stephen Holden

    This bright, entertaining movie focuses on Curtis, but it is also a portrait of a scene, whose survivors look back with a mixture of pride and a screwball sense of mischief.

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  • 75

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    In Superstar in a Housedress, Curtis remains frozen in his flamboyance. The most resonant parts of the movie are, oddly, the interviews with his fellow glam bohemians.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Variety

    Fan, friend and documentarian Craig Highberger delivers the goods with rare clips of the inimitable Jackie in Off-Off Broadway shows written by the star. The shaky, blurry quality of this never-before-seen archival footage shot by the helmer only adds to pic's surreal shoestring mystique.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Village Voice J. Hoberman

    A fabulously fond and entertaining tribute to the quick-witted Lower East Side kid.

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