The Iron Ladies (2000)
Mon and Jung, play two gay transvestites, who had been constantly overlooked by volleyball coaches because of their appearance. However, when a local team changes coaches, the new coach holds tryouts for a new team. When Mon and Jung are selected, most of the old players resign, leaving the new coach, Coach Bee, in a sticky predicament.
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Admirable film.
Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
I'm not a big fan of the oriental comedy movies, but I saw "Sa tree lex" and I have to say that this is great film, full of laughs, feelings and a great script. After the movie I realized that it was based on a true history, that made me feel happy. It's worth to see it.
What more can you ask for in a movie than campy characters, memorable performances, a happy ending and non-stop laughter? The Iron Ladies truly delivers on all accounts.The true story of a Thai volleyball team made up mostly of gay men, drag queens and transgendered women ("katoueys") that wins the men's national championship, The Iron Ladies is sassy, funny and extraordinary. Cross-dressing Jung (Chaicharn Nimpulsawasdi), make-up loving soldier Nong (Giorgio Maiocchi) and transsexual cabaret star Pia (Kokkorn Benjathikoon) are the standouts in this hilarious cast of characters who unite together to overcome the adversity they face on a daily basis, and take Thailand by storm. Shiriohana Hongsopon gives probably the best performance as Coach Bee, the glue that holds the often hot-tempered and always effervescent team together.As we see the Iron Ladies through to the national finals, all the characters receive a touch of humanity from each other, and rally together to reach the top. This hilarious romp will keep you laughing, and it will definitely be a film you will never forget! For it's fantastic script, three stars...the amazing acting, one more star...and because it's a movie you'll want to see again and again, one more. 5 stars out of 5!
I was shocked to learn at the end of the film that it was based on a true story. To me it seemed like a cross between the Bad News Bears or the Mighty Ducks and To Wong Fu (NOT Priscilla, Queen of the Desert): losers transformed by sports & teamwork into winners, with an extreme overlay of camp. I say not Priscilla, because the characters seeemed more like caricatures than real people, and the film had all those cheap shots and facile manipulations that I associate with Hollywood product. I can definitely understand that other viewer's negative reaction to the femmy sterotypes. That said, the film does exhibit high spirits, preaches tolerance, and for those with a taste for such "delights", there's plenty of kitsch and bad pop music.
Despite my hard head and better judgment, this film gave me a smile that split my countenance from one auricular orifice to the other.Its message is laid on with a trowel and it's ridiculously simplistic and sentimental. It is NOT a thinking person's film. However, I defy any thinking person to watch it without grinning.Lovable characters and a story of struggle against adversity make this irresistible. Let me know if you think it's tripe.