When he's not using paper plate spaceships, unconvincing zombies or rubber monsters, you might wonder what the point is to Ed Wood. He made being terrible at science fiction into an art form, so it's a bit weird to see him doing a throughly non-supernatural drama, even if it is about cross-dressing. However, this movie has a trigger somewhere. At one point, all of Wood's overall weirdness becomes so irresistibly overwhelming that you just give in to it and have a great time. I'm talking about the little segment where he gets creative with the devil, tie-up games, looped dialogue and Bela Lugosi. Had David Lynch directed these scenes, well let's not go there. As for the rest of the movie: it's charming, it has a heart, it has incoherent Bela Lugosi speeches, but I can't deny it bores sometimes. The dialogues are just too long and provide little to none classic Wood lines. I mean sure, there's "pull the strink, dance to that!" but again, that's Lugosi. He's not part of the story in any way, and the actual characters are rather dull. Still worth a watch though.
Review of Glen or Glenda
