LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS: 3 STARS. “fast paced, vibrant and packed with madcap humor.”
SYNOPSIS: In “Lesbian Space Princess,” an irreverent animated sci-fi comedy musical for adults now playing in theatres, the introverted Princess Shaira (Shabana Azeez) leaves her sheltered life on planet Clitopolis behind to travel through space in search of her ex-girlfriend, Kiki (Bernie Van Tiel). After she is kidnapped by Straight White Maliens.
CAST: Shabana Azeez, Bernie Van Tiel, Gemma Chua-Tran, Richard Roxburgh, Kween Kong, and comedy troupe Aunty Donna, Mark Bonanno, Broden Kelly, and Zachary Ruane. Directed by Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese.
REVIEW: A mix of raunchy humor and heartfelt moments, “Lesbian Space Princess” is a delightfully campy sci fi adventure.
At the film’s start Princess Shaira (Shabana Azeez), daughter of Planet Clitopolis’s two lesbian queens, is devastated. Kiki, her girlfriend of two weeks dumped her, and now, has been kidnapped by the villainous the Straight White Maliens. These rectangular-shaped alien incels took Kiki in hopes of luring Princess Shaira and her mystical double-sided axe, the labrys, which they plan on stealing to power their “chick magnet.”
As Shaira traverses the Gaylaxy in search of her ex, she encounters drag queen Blades (Kween Kong), saves former gay-pop idol Willow (Gemma Chua-Tran) from an abandoned moon crystal mine and learns to embrace self-love over the affections of others. “ I went through all this,” Shaira says, “and why? Cuz I wanted Kiki to love me? Now I see my biggest problem is that I didn’t even love myself. We deserve to love ourselves without a chick magnet.”
Like an extended episode of “South Park” “Lesbian Space Princess” is fast paced, vibrant and packed with madcap humor and situations, but after the laughs it’s the film’s surprisingly sweet edge that lingers.
