Hedwig and the Angry Inch (New Line Platinum Series)
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Movie Reviews of Hedwig and the Angry Inch (New Line Platinum Series)
Movie Review: Strongly recommended entertainment
Summary: 5 Stars
I found that I liked everything about this film; the plot/story line, the acting, the musical score, the whole package.
The story of a young East German boy, reared by an unbalanced mother, seduced by a handsome African American soldier, and the victim of a botched sex change operation, is compelling and certainly confronts the issue of how we deal with adversity and reach some sense of inner peace with all those that have transgressed against us and with those whom we have transgressed upon. The sly manner in which Platonic philosophy is weaved into the story was great. Plato's theories of gender differentiation is integrated into a rock song with cartoons! Hedwig was dealt a bad hand, over and over, from his/her abandonment in a Midwest trailer park by her African American Sugar Daddy to the theft of her music by a young rocker for whom she once baby-sat. Yet it is reconciliation with the movement of life's ups and downs that is the real point of the story. Hedwig has been abandoned so many times that his/her radar is out for any disloyalty in her band - an obsession that eventually drives them away for a while. Yet, once Hedwig is told by Tommy Gnosis, the young rock star, that he acknowledges (sings) her major contribution to his success, she is able to allow her lead guitarist to move into the spotlight of a transgender rock star.
The acting in this film is super but John Cameron Mitchell is totally over the top. His acting is superb by any measure. His comedic timing is fantastic - delivering wonderful lines with just the right amount of sarcasm and nihilism. Tommy asks: Have you accepted Jesus Christ as your Savior? to which Hedwig calmly states: No but I love his work. Mitchell's musical performances were as high powered as the dramatic acting. A rock musical is not the easiest idiom to control and master, yet Mitchell excelled.
Stephen Trask's musical score was exceptional. Like an opera, the score must fluctuate between the grand and the intimate, which is exactly what the score from this DVD offers.
I was impressed by the whole dramatic musical package presented here. It is highly entertaining and strongly recommended.
Movie Review: HEDWIG ROCKS
Summary: 5 Stars
What can I say, really? I love this movie! It is a rock'n flic about the many shades of love so if you like movies about love, equality, justice and most importantly the best soundtrack of any movie ever made, then you will LOVE this movie. Movie Review: Six inches forward...five inches back... But I'm not angry at all
Summary: 5 Stars
John Cameron Mitchell's creative prowess is unquestionable: his screen adaptation of the play, "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" is a spot-on effort for the young filmmaker.
The DVD has plenty of supplemental material to garner the interest of the newly exposed viewer as well as the cult-member/fan.
The film looks good; the cover art itself jumps out at you. I recommend this film for everyone interested in good cinema, and anyone interested in what is widely considered the greatest rock musical of the twenty-first century.
Movie Review: Great Film
Summary: 5 Stars
Very good copy of an excellent film.
The documentary included allows to understand that more than an art work, Hedwig is the work of a life.
Great for the possibility to have direct access song by song.
It is important to say that I received the product at Mexico City in twelve days after I made the purchase. Excellent!
Movie Review: This film should have been nominated for an academy award
Summary: 5 Stars
Absolutely hysterical, wonderful, fun, campy, joyful, tearful. When this film first came out I just could not understand why it did not get more attention and nominations from the academy or the golden globes or any one else for that matter. It is excellent.