Jump, Darling (2020)

Directed by

Phil Connell

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

14

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A rookie drag queen flees to his grandmother's home after a breakup. She is resisting a nursing home while her health fails. They help each other through their struggles.

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What happens

Jump, Darling is a 2020 Canadian drama film directed by Phil Connell. The film stars Thomas Duplessie as Russell, a rookie drag queen reeling from a break-up, who escapes to Prince Edward County, where he finds his grandmother Margaret (Cloris Leachman) in steep decline yet desperate to avoid the local nursing home. The film was one of Leachman's final performances before her death in 2021. The film's cast also includes Linda Kash as Russell's mother Ene and Jayne Eastwood as town busybody Jeanne, as well as real-life Toronto drag queens Tynomi Banks, Miss Fiercalicious and Fay Slift. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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