Call this a gay "On Golden Pond" as seen through the eyes of Miss Apley, the old lesbian next door to Ethel and Norman Thayer. Delightfully non-politically correct, it is also extremely romantic in the sense of what Dukakis strives to achieve. Underneath her masculine exterior, Stella actually beats a heart of gold even though she can be at times very brusk. Fricker is the more gentle of the two, but equally tough underneath her grandmotherly demeanor. Certainly, some people will take offense to what she says, but Dukakis refuses to betray who this broad is. "If that skirt was any shorter, you'd need another hairnet" is perhaps the mildest comment Dukakis says, shocking a very Christian Canadian who picks her up hitchhiking. "You're barking up the wrong fire hydrant", Dukakis tells him as he shows off his goods. Practically beating up Fricker's uptight granddaughter and the local sheriff, Dukakis sneaks Fricker out and heads up to Canada, and like Thelma and Louise, they pick up a hunky hitchhiker, but there's no hanky or panky going on. A tickling game results in her lover Brenda Fricker being sent to a convalescent home. Now, she's Stella, a no-nonsense self confessed dyke who is determined to hold onto the love of her life, and she will do all she can to marry her. Playing a transsexual apartment owner who left new tenants home made joints, the mother of a transsexual lesbian and the seller of tickets at the "Let's take a wack at Ouiser" booth was already a respected stage actress when she struck gold as Cher's mother. The irrepressible Olympia Dukakis has really broken ground in her relatively short time as an Oscar winning celebrity. If you are easily offended by a bull dyke characterization of an elderly lesbian then you may want to skip it but you will be missing a real treat. If you want to laugh and cry and believe that everyone should have the right to marry the person they love no matter what then go see this movie. I am sorry if you didn't want to accept a lesbian who wears vests, cowboy hats, drinks tequila and swears like a sailor but they do exist and so what? Who cares? Love is love.
CLOUDBURST MOVIE MOVIE
I came out of the movie laughing, crying and uplifted by a story of love that is universal and eternal.
I actually went to this movie not expecting much and really just wanted to see Olympia Dukakis. I also thought that the relationship between the two main characters was very realistic whether you wanted to accept their characterizations or not. I think that the other character's grand daughter not realizing she was a lesbian was a bigger stretch than Olympia's character. Yes it was over the top but I think the humanity of her character came through in spite of the swearing and 'bull dyke' representation. Contrary to the other reviewer who found Olympia Dukakis' character offensive I thought she was wonderful.
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