I had never heard of this film and I am a big De Niro fan. I also like Philip Seymour Hoffman and the two actors really bounced off each other in this movie - I couldn't imagine a better casting. It's so sad that a talent like Hoffman's was cut so short. I thought the drag queens would have put me off this movie but oddly they didn't - it wasn't overdone to the point of farce. I would recommend it.