Robert Julian Bay Area Reporter May 14, 2020

[It] portrays Spain as a country with a sense of humor, intelligence, and tolerance that should be an example for the world to follow. With so much goodness up there on the screen, it almost seems ungrateful to criticize the film for its technical faults.

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David Noh Film Journal International Mar 1, 2007

While straining credibility at times, offers some appealing scenes of quiet reflection, as well as a refreshing celebration of the ineffable allure and power of being middle-aged.

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Toddy Burton Austin Chronicle Oct 30, 2006 1.5/5

The result is an episodic feel which lends itself that much more to the sense that Queens missed its calling as a soap opera. Indeed, the film lacks the complexity, visual style, and emotional charge of decent filmmaking.

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Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald Oct 6, 2006 2.5/4

The star-heavy cast, which includes such big Spanish names as Carmen Maura, Marisa Paredes and Veronica Forque, are a treat to watch even when their dialogue isn't all it could be.

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Laura Kelly South Florida Sun-Sentinel Oct 5, 2006 2/4

Pedro Almodovar-flavored but quite tame.

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John Hartl Seattle Times Sep 29, 2006 2/4

The frantic artificiality of the script rarely allows the characters to breathe. This is dinner-theater farce, featherweight and juiceless.

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Bill White Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sep 28, 2006 B-

The cast is perfect, but the script is like a low ceiling, keeping a lid on what should have been a confluence of riotous misadventures.

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Jean Lowerison San Diego Metropolitan Sep 23, 2006

Manuel Gmez Pereira's frantic direction is nonstop and the exhaustion of excess will get to you.

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Wesley Morris Boston Globe Sep 22, 2006 2/4

It feels like [Pereira] just plucked the men themselves from atop a wedding cake and stuck them in his movie, where for the most part they stand decoratively around and watch the women make suds from all this soap.

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G. Allen Johnson San Francisco Chronicle Sep 15, 2006 3/4

With what amounts to 20 characters crossing paths, Pereira's job description might seem more traffic cop than director, but he rises to the challenge and adds style and splashy color to boot.

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Teresa Budasi Chicago Sun-Times Sep 8, 2006 2.5/4

Spanish director Manuel Gomez Pereira certainly draws inspiration from his compatriot Pedro Almodovar -- several of the actresses are even Pedro alums -- but the film falls short of Almodovar's usual depth and complexity.

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Jessica Reaves Chicago Tribune Sep 7, 2006 2/4

Unfortunately for director and co-writer Manuel Gomez Pereira, all the energy in the world isn't enough to compensate for the superfluous plot lines and outrageous overacting that weigh down this bit of warm-hearted Spanish fluff.

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Eleanor Ringel Cater Atlanta Journal-Constitution Sep 7, 2006 B-

We may be deep in Telemundo territory, but that doesn't diminish the glow-in-the-dark charisma of these impressive ladies.

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Ann Hornaday Washington Post Sep 1, 2006

Pereira goes in for lots of time shifts and split screens, piling on the contrivances like so many costume baubles when a single string of pearls would do.

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Michael Rechtshaffen The Hollywood Reporter Aug 25, 2006

An ungainly, broadly played comedy.

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Melissa Levine Village Voice Aug 25, 2006

With five overbearing mothers and six overshadowed gay sons, this Spanish meet-the-parents ensemble farce aims for Almodvar but falls far short.

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Jonathan Holland Variety Aug 25, 2006

Queens is distinguished from a hundred other slick screwballers only by virtue of its theme -- the first mass gay wedding in Spain. Otherwise, it's middle-of-the-road formula fare all the way.

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Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times Aug 25, 2006 2/5

A dithering but generous Spanish farce, Queens follows the coming nuptials of three gay couples by focusing on their overbearing mothers.

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Maitland McDonagh TV Guide Aug 25, 2006 3/4

For all its contrivances, the film is cheerfully rude and surprisingly generous to the mothers, most of whom find sizzling new romances at an age when their American counterparts are reduced to sexless dithering or played as humiliating punch lines.

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Stephen Williams Newsday Aug 25, 2006 2/4

[A] frothy, occasionally charming romantic comedy.

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