Dancing Queens (film)

Dancing Queens
Dancing Queens
	Film poster
Directed by	Helena Bergström
Screenplay by	Helena Bergström; Denize Karabuda;
Produced by	Joana Sorobetea
Starring	Molly Nutley; Fredrik Quiñones; Marie Göranzon; Mattias Nordkvist;
Cinematography	Peter Mokrosinski
Edited by	Emil Stenberg; Malin Lindström;
Music by	Gaute Storaas
Production; company	Sweetwater Production
Distributed by	Netflix
Release date	June 3, 2021;
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Sweden
Language	Swedish

Dancing Queens is a 2021 Swedish comedy-drama film directed by Helena Bergström, written by Bergström and Denize Karabuda. It stars Molly Nutley, Fredrik Quiñones, Marie Göranzon, and Mattias Nordkvist.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Dylan Pettersson, a 23-year-old young woman from a small island in the Bohuslän archipelago, aspires to be a professional dancer. She’s talked into covering cleaning duties at the struggling gay drag club Queens for a week. Victor, the club’s star dancer and choreographer, discovers Dylan's talent, and she desperately wants to be a dancer on the show, but she's a girl — and it's a drag show.^[3]

Cast

Molly Nutley as Dylan Pettersson
Fredrik Quiñones as Victor
Marie Göranzon as Margareta
Mattias Nordkvist as Kenneth Petterson
Claes Malmberg as Tommy La Diva
Christopher Wollter as Micke Seth
Emil Almén as Magnus
Razmus Nyström as Sasha
André Christenson as Joel
Louie Indriana as Hassan

Release

Dancing Queens was digitally released by Netflix on June 3, 2021.^[4]^[5]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 33% of critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 4.9/10.^[6]

References

^ Lodge, Guy (June 3, 2021). "'Dancing Queens' Review: Drag Doesn't Discriminate in This Sparkly but Insipid Swedish Comedy". Variety. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
^ Budowski, Jade (June 3, 2021). "Stream It Or Skip It: 'Dancing Queens' On Netflix, Where A Young Woman Finds Joy Dancing At A Drag Club". Decider.com. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
^ "Dancing Queens". Netflix Media Center. Netflix. 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ Giertz, Elias (22 April 2021). "Helena Bergström's film Dancing Queens premieres on Netflix June 3". Netflix. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ Robinson, Jacob (May 12, 2021). "Swedish-Comedy 'Dancing Queens' Coming to Netflix in June 2021". What's on Netflix. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "Dancing Queens". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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[1] Lodge, Guy (June 3, 2021). "'Dancing Queens' Review: Drag Doesn't Discriminate in This Sparkly but Insipid Swedish Comedy". Variety. Retrieved 3 June 2021.

[2] Budowski, Jade (June 3, 2021). "Stream It Or Skip It: 'Dancing Queens' On Netflix, Where A Young Woman Finds Joy Dancing At A Drag Club". Decider.com. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

[3] "Dancing Queens". Netflix Media Center. Netflix. 2021. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[NetflixJune3-4] Giertz, Elias (22 April 2021). "Helena Bergström's film Dancing Queens premieres on Netflix June 3". Netflix. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[RobinsonWoN-5] Robinson, Jacob (May 12, 2021). "Swedish-Comedy 'Dancing Queens' Coming to Netflix in June 2021". What's on Netflix. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[6] "Dancing Queens". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2022.

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