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]

Dancing Queens
Film poster
Directed byHelena Bergström
Screenplay by
Produced byJoana Sorobetea
Starring
CinematographyPeter Mokrosinski
Edited by
  • Emil Stenberg
  • Malin Lindström
Music byGaute Storaas
Production
company
Sweetwater Production
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • June 3, 2021 (2021-06-03)
Running time
110 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Plot

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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

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Release

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

Reception

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

References

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