Review of Sordid Lives

I have to admit I could have died laughing watching this in the theater, but it might seem a bit more realistic if they had set it 20 year ago. Even in small town Texas, it is rather implausible today that someone would be incarcerated in a mental institution for cross-dressing! The majority of the characters ring very true to life if you, like I, are actually from small town Texas. You'll be identifying your aunts and grandmothers and cousins all over this movie. Indeed, the only unrealistic (and ANNOYING) character is, unfortunately, Ty, the central character who is more or less telling us this story. I found him to be a grossly uninteresting dullard, and I did not care at all about his silly psychiatric issues or his stupid naked theater production. I think this character was to give the "target audience" someone to identify with perhaps, but I would have liked the movie a lot better if his boring scenes on the analyst's couch had been slashed.

Having said that, there's not much else wrong at all here. This film is absolutely hilarious. It seems so over the top that one doesn't imagine it can be taken seriously, and yet it will manage to touch you and pull you in. Highly recommended.