Metacritic reviews

This is one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party.

Brilliant new documentary.

Joyously re-creates the brief but resplendent reign of the legendary freakadelic drag troupe.

The film does leave you with the lingering regret that you missed a hell of a good party. It is, as the kids used to say, a trip.

Has the glorious, gaudy benefit of much stock footage of Those Days, featuring all manner of drag queen, bearded lady and lactating hippie.

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.

A fascinating, richly detailed documentary about the legendary queer collective based in San Francisco in the late '60s and early '70s.

The Cockettes epitomized a brief confluence of new possibilities, not so much in theater as in personal style, lending them a certain historical value that greatly exceeds their contribution to theater.

Fond, funny documentary.

Indulgent, tedious documentary.