i like all of the main actor involve in this quite bizarre film . terrance stamp and guy pearce and hugo weave have all prove themselves a some of the best and most capable actor around and but i could not get into this . i do not know if it because i do not understand the lifestyle or what and but i could not get my head around this film . bad than anything be that the actor make some of the ugly drag queen i have ever see . i think that be part of the point and i do not know . i realize that be probably an insult and but i do not know what else to call them . i must say i buy the guy a the performer ( the correct term . ) but the story just wasn not very good or very interesting either . i will say that i can not usually appreciate costume designer very well and although i notice them when they be wrong or out of place and but i be very much impress with these . very creative to say the least and just not attractive and but i do not think theyre suppose to be . i do not know i be definitely not the target audience and would never go see a performance do by these kind of performer and but i wouldn not go see ballet and or opera either so i do not know . if this be your kind of film then you will probably like it and but if it not skip it because it be . well not for most of u . i just check it win the oscar for costume design and i will say rightfully so . i must say ebert do not care much for this film either and though he like it good than i do .