“We need more Dollys in the world,” is the message of this raucous but hugely enjoyable comedy, which, at the same time, reminds us that there is—and can only be—one Dolly Parton. The 76-year-old c…
could work similar wonders for star/writer Krew Boylan, whose anarchic screen presence recalls Grease-era Stockard Channing and a younger Catherine O’Hara.Kane Skennar/Dollhouse Productions
Boylan plays Raylene ‘Red’ Delaney, a chaotic redhead and Dolly Parton fan who works for a real-estate company as an evaluator, alongside her childhood friend Francis .
Such opportunities for camp are taken at every turn, and though the film is definitely gay-friendly , the comedy is broad enough to work for audiences drawn by the promise of the music alone, mostly Dolly classics with a side order of kitsch. That said, Dolly’s heartland fanbase might not take too kindly to the film’s saltier scenes, like Red’s dressing-down at work when her boss, on firing her, describes her as “the lovechild of Mick Hucknall and Ronald McDonald—if they banged”.
Otto’s film, her first narrative feature, would have fit seamlessly into this year’s Sundance, where it would have sat easily in a World Dramatic slot and perhaps even worked as an offbeat Midnight title. SXSW, though, is a good platform for it, given the festival’s musical roots.
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