A couple of months ago I watched the trailer for a documentary by the name of Queen Mimi but never heard any more about it. As I was browsing through documentaries on Netflix, looking for something to watch, I saw it listed there. I'm not sure how or why these things sneak out but I was excited it was available and had to watch. I'm completely blown away by the entire thing. The film focuses on an elderly woman who lives in a laundromat on Montana Ave in Santa Monica, California. The entire community embraces and loves her and tries to take her under their wing. She's feisty, humorous and full of life. She'd rather spend her time dancing than contemplating her past. The director, Yaniv Rokah, did a fantastic job of getting to know Mimi and allowing us a front row seat to the experience. We learn about the troubled life she left behind and the celebrity friends she met along the way who ensured her future would not be faced with the same hardships she had to deal with in the past. I laughed, teared up and overall just felt such a complete sense of joy with a smile on my face. I'm sure I'll never have the opportunity to meet Mimi but I'm so glad I got to know her through this. What a wonderful lady.

You instantly fall in love with Mimi. No matter what you think at first from looking at her, the stigmas you may have; you just love her.

The more you watch, learning about her hardships, the more you just adore this woman. Her dancing... Her laughter. Every day a smile. Her pure sass and love of life.

You end up, wondering why you have been having a pity party in your own world, instead of a dance party like Queen Mimi.

She puts a lot into perspective. Great movie.

I was so curious...I had to "click" on this Netflix flick...I am so glad; so grateful and so happy, that I did...What an interesting, provocative, enlightening story of one woman's journey through life - moving forward always, with a glint in her eye and a smile on her face...WHO DOES THAT whose went through what she has????????

No one that I know of.

Zach G. - Kudos to your remarkable sense of right and love for WHAT'S RIGHT, by bringing her story to the light of we, the often, "stone faced" public. I cannot remember when I've seen such a moving rendition of an elderly person's life...Maybe? "On Golden Pond" not sure...In the meantime...

This was filmed in my hometown, I knew Montana well...LIVED on 11th street where the apt. was torn down to make way for affordable housing that dear Mimi would have no part of because of so many "elderly" she did not wish to be around.

The fact that a couple of people gave her an apt. to live in? PRICELESS. As is? This entire story of elder love...

Kudos to all who made it happen...I know that I am changed forever by seeing it. -And that is, very often, what it is all about on this journey we call life.