In a galaxy not so distant, the place rainbows energy starships and labrys axes double as lightsabers, Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese blast onto the scene with their debut function, Lesbian Area Princess. This 2025 Australian animated sci-fi comedy is an explosion of motion, colour, and comedy that had me and my fellow viewers doubled over in laughter from the opening credit. Because the introverted Princess Saira of Clitopolis embarks on a quest to rescue her bounty-hunting ex, Kiki, from the hilariously villainous Straight White Maliens, the movie delivers a recent, unapologetic tackle queer love.
Proper from the beginning, the animation type is a feast for the eyes—vibrant, hand-drawn with slick VFX. Hough Hobbs, an artist at coronary heart, and Varghese, together with her Tropfest-winning chops, craft a visible universe the place each body pops with persona. The voice solid is nothing wanting stellar, with Shabana Azeez bringing an ideal mixture of vulnerability and sass to Saira, the needy princess who’s all coronary heart and nil chill. The villains, Straight White Maliens, are a stroke of satirical genius—bumbling baddies whose outdated male chauvinism crumbles beneath the load of their very own absurdity.
What really elevates Lesbian Area Princess is its razor-sharp script, penned by the dynamic duo of Hough Hobbs and Varghese. Each joke lands like a well-aimed photon torpedo—puns on queer icons, sly digs at heteronormative tropes, and meta gags about area clichés. The breakup scene between Saira and Kiki? A masterclass in awkward hilarity. It’s humorous as a result of it’s true, capturing the messy fantastic thing about queer relationships in a manner that’s refreshingly trustworthy and side-splittingly relatable.
Lesbian Area Princess is the funniest, freshest trip by way of the celebrities you’ll take this facet of the asteroid belt. When you crave a comedy that celebrates queer pleasure with zero apologies, then warp pace to Luna Palace Cinemas. Hough Hobbs and Varghese, you’ve launched a franchise we desperately want extra of.
Lesbian Area Princess is out now at Luna Palace Cinemas.
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