New Orleans Times-Picayune by Mike Scott
Their story, as told by Pooley, also is a touching and quietly meaningful one, built around themes of tolerance, self-acceptance and unconditional love.
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Director
Leanne Pooley
Cast
Jools Topp,
Linda Topp
Genre
Comedy,
Documentary,
Music
Fun, disarming and musically provocative, the Topp Twins are New Zealand's finest lesbian country and western singers and the country's greatest export since rack of lamb and the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune by Mike Scott
Their story, as told by Pooley, also is a touching and quietly meaningful one, built around themes of tolerance, self-acceptance and unconditional love.
San Francisco Chronicle by David Wiegand
Sometimes corny, often funny and just as often touching, their act has been wowing Kiwis for decades.
Variety
A documentary that has you falling in love with two of the crazier people you've never met.
Chicago Reader
Befitting her subjects, director Leanne Pooley maintains a joyful tone throughout.
The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
Merging old-fashioned comedy routines with up-to-the-minute politics - all of it enabled by fun-loving personalities and a gift for rousing original songs - the ladies emit a genuine warmth that reels audiences in.
Village Voice by Melissa Anderson
The beloved Kiwi duo, who frequently perform as a rotating cast of corny alter egos, can charm even the crankiest viewers, thanks to their soaring, clarion harmonies and cuddly-butch personas.
Boxoffice Magazine by John P. McCarthy
A conventional portrait of an endearingly unconventional sister act-with roots in music halls and the dairy farm on which they were raised (and became expert yodelers)-The Topp Twins is a piece of hagiography.
NPR by Mark Jenkins
An entertaining concert film, but not an incisive character study.
Time Out by Nick Schager
Director Leanne Pooley's documentary on the sisters and their "anarchist variety act" is definitely a formulaic bit of portraiture, but given its engaging, pioneering subjects, gimmickry is hardly needed to spice things up.
New York Post by Kyle Smith
Their '50s-style comedy mugging not only don't come across to Americans, it's hard to believe even New Zealanders would care.
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