Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Forumrxes Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Carlos Perez Miquilarena This is easily one of the worst movies I've seen. Almost everything about it is bad. Why cast a transexual woman as Dr. Frank N Furter? The whole idea of that character is that it's A MAN DRESSED AS A WOMAN. While Laverne is actually a man, he has gone through a lot of surgery to look feminine, the role was terribly miscast, when you see ''her'' you certainly don't think it's a man dressed in woman's clothing. The acting was incredibly bad, i felt like I was watching one of my school plays, over the top, it felt like they were rehearsing. And isn't Rocky supposed to be a few hours old? he sings and dances like someone who's been doing it for years. Dr Scott was horrible. The only actual good part was the intro, I thought it was pretty cool, and I already knew Ivy and I think she was great. The singing wasn't bad, it was pretty good, but man, this sucked big time.

beeshrektestinthehousevevo Disclaimer: Unlike some other reviewers of this movie, I was introduced to Rocky Horror through the 2015 live show starring David Bedella and Ben Forster, among others (it's on YouTube, give it a watch). While I wasn't familiar with the audience participation or the dressing up, I immediately fell in love with this story of new love being tested and surviving against all odds. This also may have opened me up to the possibility of many "Rocky"s and made it feel less like an attack on an interest I felt very close to. While that version still remains my favorite, I am a firm believer that this movie does not deserve all the criticism that it got. Where it failed, it failed spectacularly, but when it soared, it invoked an emotional connection in me that I never felt watching the original 1975 movie.For the most part, the cast is wonderful. Victoria Justice and Ryan McCartan shine as the movie's protagonists, and bring layers to the characters that made me think more critically about how I viewed them. In particular, the emphasis on bisexual/multi-gendered attraction in a non-shaming way was a nice contrast to the narrative of the stage show & 1975 movie, wherein Janet "becomes a slut" and Brad "turns gay". (Granted, I knew about Ryan since his days in Heathers, so I was excited when I heard he'd be playing Brad.) Laverne Cox shone during the floor show, and while her take on the character didn't feel brand-new, she brought new meaning to the role of Frank-n-Furter in the modern day. Other highlights include Christina Millan and that blue-haired rocker Transylvanian. The performances by Annaleigh Ashford and Tim Curry fell flat for me, but I appreciate Ashford's grungy/fangirl take on Columbia and Tim Curry was really trying to give a great performance in the aftermath of his stroke. I understand that Ortega and the casting team used Curry to replace Richard O'Brien after the transphobic comments O'Brien made about Laverne, but other actorsfrom the 1975 film (like Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, and Little Nell) all indicated an interest in playing the Criminologist as well. Could Ortega have worked in a team of actors, ala Stephen Fry/Antony Head/Mel Gideroyc/Emma Bunton? Just a thought.The reworking of the story shines. What a lot of modern Rocky fans forget in their reviews is the political stance the movie took in the 70s, and Ortega's interests in creating an adaptation with modernized messages about LGBTQ identity. As a trans guy, I fully supported and encouraged Ortega's choice to cast Laverne in a traditionally male role. Sure, drag queens were exciting and new when the show was conceived, but isn't it a greater homage to the original's political identity to cast the first trans actor ever leading on a major TV network? Isn't that exciting and new? I also appreciated the subtle nod to the modern role of the police versus individuals of color, and the phasing out of Frank-n-Furter's "mental illness" that resulted in the excusing of murder. In 1975, Riff Raff's killing of Frank may have represented the pro- police view that it was heroic to put down a dangerous criminal, but in the 2016 film, Ortega tried his hardest to show a new side of the narrative by suggesting that Riff Raff, a white and (presumably) cisgender & straight man killing an unarmed trans black woman is a more modern reflection of today's police state. This narrative may have come across as forced and clunky, but I have to give him credit for trying.Yes, the soundtrack is overproduced, and the workarounds for the TV-14 rating are awkward, and certain elements still miss what I personally believe the true message of Rocky Horror to be, but this take on a familiar classic tries its hardest to get rid of the original's transmisogynistic undertones and move its political message into a new age, while still managing to have a lot of fun in the process. It's a big, fun party covered in gold and glitter, imposing on its viewers a simple message: Don't just dream that LGBTQ-friendly media can exist in the mainstream. Make it a reality.

Curt Inspired.. truly.. I didn't hear anything about this remake.. although it had bee rumored for years.the casting was PC not for the good of the legacy of this awesome film.. Laverne Cox as Dr. Frank-N-Furter or as they say here frankfurter??Ben Vereen as Dr. Scott.. WTF were they thinking? Using a great dancer, an actor known for his dance.. in a wheelchair bound role? I gave it a 5 simply due to the other actor's hard word in recreating a classic, not deviating from the standard!Laverne Cox as Frank.. No No No just shitty PC bullshit! Her impression is one of the worst points to this movie.. Just embarrassing

Msofie In general view, i wasn't very impressed. It was a mix between good and bad parts, more bad than good.the good parts are for example, the beginning of the movie "Science Fiction" and Tim Curry's performance was absolutely amazing.The audience in the movie theater was a great addition. the singing trio, Supreme look-a-like was a great addition as well."Time Warp" "Sweet Transvesti" "Fanfare/Don't dream it, be it" "Wild and untamed thing" and "I'm going home" were good performances, can't match the original, but nevertheless performed beautifully.the bad part of this movie, which unfortunately is the most part, the actors who play Brad, Janet, Colombia, Magenta and Rocky were pretty flat. Laverne Cox performance was mixed, some scenes were really good, others not so good. the same can be said for the actors who played Rif Raf and Dr Scott.Another bad point was the set , the absence of the elevator takes away the surprise factor of Dr Frank n Furter's entrance.the castle room, the laboratory and the stage are all the same set, it's like by this time they had blown all of the budget.Anyway, this stared in a very elaborated way, made me excited for the movie, Ivy Levan did a great job setting the audience up for the story, Tim Curry was still amazing. Still the best was Laverne Cox with a Tina Turner infused performance gave the movie a lot of good moments.