Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts

2019 Directed by Nicholas Zeig-Owens

Trixie charmed audiences and judges as winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars. But the grind of performing and the pressure of the title proves that heavy is the head that wears the tiara.

Trixie Mattel Kennedy Davenport Willam Belli Braden Davis Jinkx Monsoon Katya Peppermint BenDeLaCreme RuPaul Bob the Drag Queen Morgan McMichaels Latrice Royale Jaymes Mansfield

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Review by ethan ★★★★

it’s surreal almost to see someone who i have idolised for years be seen in such a tender and personal light- a way in which i have never seen trixie before. i was fourteen when i first discovered drag race barely out of closet and i was super uncomfortable with my gender and sexuality. i think i still would be in that position if it wasn’t for a show like drag race or someone like trixie. trixie inspired me to be myself to feel more secure within myself and to let myself live. it’s incredibly difficult to be trans and gay in a heteronormative society especially at the school i went to so having someone be so out there and…
Review by luna ★★★★½

It's sad and I'm happy that trixie chose to document and share what she was really feeling and living when we only saw the pretty and successful parts. I just want to hug my friend now and I'm not a hugger.
Review by CharmingPotato

There are two intertwined spirits here, one centre stage while the other flickers at the edges of the story. Of course there is a Trixie without Katya, and vice versa, but they're special together: we see Trixie the workhorse who keeps on trucking, resigned to her areas of unlikablity, honing and polishing her talents, fixing things on and off stage. It's a very familiar Country trope. Katya is easy to love, and we've loved many like her: beautiful and breathlessly joyful to be around as an audience, charismatic as hell, who claims early on that Trixie is the comedienne while she is just "nuts". We're not in a position to judge any of these arguments, but we get to see…
Review by Angeles ✨ ★★★★½

Pick up all the pieces and go back to the start. Never losing, only using all your moving parts.
I've been waiting a long time to see this doc. RuPaul's Drag Rce is one of my favorite shows and I really love Trixie's personality in an outside of the show, this was such a raw and deep look into the life of this drag queen. She's unique talented and funny, but also very vulnerable and I loved watching a bit of her life.
Trixie, you deserve everything, ily. 😭❤️❤️❤️
Review by 𝚓𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚊 ★★★★★

SHUT UPPPPPP this was such a pure raw film and just... i love trixie so much she’s so hardworking and deserves the world. also thank u miss trixie for letting me take a picture with u and putting ur head on mine i love u🥺💖
Review by ᵍᵘᶤ ★★★★

this was so raw... it's kinda weird seeing drag queens have emotions and problems but I guess.. they're people too??? damn
I advise all the RuPaul's Drag Race fans out there to watch this but if you're not, this documentary touches on psychological issues and going to rehab and it also gives an inside on what it is like to be a hardworking singer/songwriter who came from nothing that achieved success as a drag queen who's also a comedian and reality competition show winner (and a skinny legend while we're at it)

Recent reviews

Review by purity

I thought everyone's family was like that, I thought everyone went home and just wanted to die.
Review by ˗ˏˋ 𝖘𝖙𝖆𝖓 ˎˊ˗ ★★★★

this gave me as3 ptsd flashbacks

so to those guys on the rpdr subreddit, 2018:
“watching drag doesn’t make you an expert on drag, it makes you a fan of a TV show” - jinkx monsoon, quoted by trixie mattel on trixie mattel: moving parts, 2019
Review by Tyldi

Petit partage d'un moment important de la vie de la Drag Queen Trixie Mattel : de son passé difficile à sa célébrité émergente. Le film reste très sobre et met bien en valeur ces femmes, ce qu'elles représentent et ce qu'elles endurent.
Review by Bruno Alexandre ★★★★

The skinniest documentary ever caught on film!
Brian Firkus gives Drag Race stans the look into the netherworld of gay performance art that audiences don’t see otherwise.
The life of a niche celebrity is not glamorous, and it takes a lot of convincing oneself before you can sell it to the audience. It is stunning to see the work that goes into creating a tour, and this documentary shines Trixie as the hardest working drag queen to bust through the doors of the Hall of Fame.
The documentary was real and did not sugarcoat even to save face of the subject’s best friend. If you want an honest telling of life in the public gay sphere, this is a film to come back to.
Review by michaeldmcclain ★★★½

I just hope Trixie used her Drag Race money to get a bigger drag closet because that teeny garage was making me claustrophobic.
Review by Maddy ★★★★

Going from Tiger King to Trixie was a lot
I liked this but that’s bc I love Trixie
As a documentary it felt a bit random? Like it seems like it was being filmed at a random time and not for any specific reason?
Review by Gina ★★★★

if you love Trixie or Drag Race in general this is required viewing. I don’t think there’s much i can say other than it’s a heartfelt look behind the curtain of the queen herself, showing a vulnerability that we usually don’t get to see and what was happening in the background of her tours and All Stars 3. This has a lot of love behind it and it shows, it doesn’t feel intrusive, it feels very honest and open 💅🏻
Review by boc93 ★★★½

Surprisingly deep and moving. Or maybe I just really like music documentaries. But very good
Review by fya ★★★★

when she said drag isn't taken seriously even by fans of drag 🚬🚬🚬