Movie · 2026 · Action, Comedy · 1h 30m · R · English
Curator score: 3.2/10 (24.3K ratings)
The greatest trainwreck in herstory.
Overview
Best friends and train stewardesses Tess and DeeDee trade their dreary shifts on the Stank Rail for the glitzy Glamazonian Express. However, when a catastrophic Stormaganza threatens to crash the high-speed train into Los Angeles, the duo in coach must join forces with the snobby first-class attendants and President Gagwell to save the day.
Ratings
Curator score: 3.2/10
IMDb: 6.4/10
Letterboxd: 3.15/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 85%
Metacritic: 59
TMDB: 4.1/10
Director
Adam Shankman
Production
World of Wonder, Unapologetic Projects, Bleecker Street
Cast
RuPaul, Jujubee, Ginger Minj, Brooke Lynn Hytes, Marcia Marcia Marcia, Symone, Latrice Royale, Rachel Bloom, Angeria Paris VanMicheals, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Chris Parnell, Guy Branum, Charo, Monét X Change, Drew Droege, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Daniel Franzese, Natasha Leggero, Michelle Visage, Riki Lindhome
Curator Review
Verdict
A loud, campy disaster-comedy with genuine star-power and a knowingly stupid premise, but it sounds uneven and visually compromised by conspicuous AI/VFX issues. If you enjoy drag-adjacent chaos, broad parody, and high-camp ensemble energy, it may be a fun watch; if you need sharp writing or polished effects, it’s probably a pass.
Best for
fans of camp comedy and drag culture
viewers who like broad parody and disaster-movie setups
people who enjoy so-bad-it’s-fun spectacle
audiences open to messy, high-energy ensemble comedies
Skip if
you’re sensitive to ugly or distracting visual effects
you want tightly written jokes over chaos
you dislike extremely broad, queer-coded humor
you prefer clean, polished studio comedy
Overview
Stop! That! Train! sounds like a delirious mash-up of disaster movie, workplace comedy, and drag-pageant absurdism. The setup is exactly the kind of high-concept nonsense that can either become a cult favorite or collapse under its own glitter, and the response suggests it lands somewhere in the middle: funny enough to inspire devotion, messy enough to frustrate anyone looking for finesse.
Worth noting
The cast and tone point toward a deliberately overcooked comedy with big personalities, camp one-liners, and a lot of runway-adjacent energy. That makes it easy to imagine why some viewers are charmed by it and others are put off by the same qualities. The biggest drag on the experience seems to be the visual polish, with repeated complaints about conspicuous AI-looking effects that undercut the joke.
Bottom line
As a piece of entertainment, it seems best approached as a late-night crowd movie rather than a slick studio comedy. If you’re in the mood for something shameless, silly, and aggressively extra, it may hit the sweet spot. If you want the comedy to feel crisp or the spectacle to feel expensive, this is likely to disappoint.
Top Letterboxd reviews
theFilmTripper (3★) · 1474 likes
if only lea michele could read that joke
Hari Nef · 852 likes
i was watching this at the times square amc while the rest of the city was watching the knicks game
frypie (3★) · 715 likes
i’ll think of this movie all the time, especially in the morning, at the bus stop.
Nerozero (3.5★) · 688 likes
This movie?
She Fun!
hugeasmammoth (3★) · 640 likes
The gen AI in this looks ugly. I know the people behind the film first denied it, then said they did and now they say they didn’t. So at this point, I don’t even know how to feel. I think it’s pretty clear that they used it but I know y’all like to fight and I’m not in the mood so I’ll shut up. Anyway it’s a shame because I think this really taints the film for me. Still, I… more The gen AI in this looks ugly. I know the people behind the film first denied it, then said they did and now they say they didn’t. So at this point, I don’t even know how to feel. I think it’s pretty clear that they used it but I know y’all like to fight and I’m not in the mood so I’ll shut up. Anyway it’s a shame because I think this really taints the film for me. Still, I… more
1996 · Comedy, Romance · 1h 59m · R · Curator 7.8/10 (359.1K ratings) · Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus
A mainstream crowd-pleaser that balances queer identity, farce, and sharp ensemble timing.