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By Jennifer Green
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Language, violence, drugs in Mexican road trip tale.
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Queens on the Run
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What's the Story?
Marilú (Alejandra Ambrosi), Estrella (Valeria Vera), Paty (Martha Higareda), and Famela (Paola Núñez) are four friends who all feel a little stuck in their lives in QUEENS ON THE RUN. One is an overlooked housewife, another an oversexed singleton, a third a mistreated trophy wife, and the last a boss lady with mommy issues. The four decide to take an impromptu road trip to get away and finally spread Famela's mother's ashes in the sea. They pick up hitchhiker Lola (Claudia Pineda), who isn't who she appears to be. The women certainly don't expect to encounter as many adventures as they do along the way, ranging from car accidents and gunfights to dancing in a strip club, tripping on mushrooms, and adopting a chicken.
Is It Any Good?
This Mexican film about four friends on an accident-laden road trip is chock full of Instagram-worthy platitudes about female empowerment that undermine what could have been a funny comedy. The attempt at semi-serious messaging in Queens on the Run clashes with the absurdist humor in genuinely funny scenes, like a mushroom trip gone bad or various car accidents. It doesn't help that the messaging is as flimsy as the film's gangster subplot, with characters spouting clichés about being a strong woman, a queen rather than a princess, or the "lead of your own story."
Stripping the gorgeous and talented cast down to actual stripper outfits for a pole dancing club scene also literally strips them -- and their empowerment theme -- of credibility, if not dignity. We can probably thank Sex and the City for the repeated four-friend archetypes. Netflix has made other products like this with equally uneven results, like the Mexican Ready to Mingle, Dutch F*ck Love Too, or the Spanish Despite Everything.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about what lessons each of the characters learns on their road trip in Queens on the Run.
How do the four women lean on each other for support in different ways? Who do you go to for advice and support?
Which parts of the road trip were the funniest for you? Which parts were meant to be less funny?
Did the movie glamorize drugs and alcohol? Why or why not?
Movie Details
- On DVD or streaming : April 14, 2023
- Cast : Matha Higareda , Alejandra Ambrosi , Valeria Vera
- Director : Jorge Macaya
- Inclusion Information : Female Movie Actor(s) , Latino Movie Actor(s) , Female Movie Writer(s) , Latino Movie Writer(s)
- Studio : Netflix
- Genre : Comedy
- Topics : Friendship
- Run time : 97 minutes
- MPAA rating :
- Last updated : September 29, 2025
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