Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Name: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
Released: July 20, 2001
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 85
Cast: John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor

2001

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Fine Line Features | Release Date: July 20, 2001 | R

Starring: John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor

Summary: Adapted from the critically acclaimed off-Broadway rock theatre hit, Hedwig and the Angry Inch tells the story of an 'internationally ignored' rock singer, Hedwig, and her search for stardom and love. (Fine Line Features)

Director: John Cameron Mitchell

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Music

Rating: R

Runtime: 95 min

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Stephanie Zacharek

The sight of Hedwig and his band transforming a trashy trailer into a glitter-rock stage during "Wig in a Box" was so exhilarating I almost leapt out of my seat. The movie is pure theater, as it should be. Read full review

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Stephen Holden

Clever, funny, wildly innovative film. Read full review

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Kevin Thomas

On the screen, the rip-roaring rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch retains all the excitement and energy it had on stage while adding depth, clarity and emotional texture. Read full review

Claudia Puig

Wildly witty, but also inventive, audacious and poignant. Read full review

Jay Carr

If you thought ''Moulin Rouge,'' or, for that matter, ''Tommy,'' was trippy, Hedwig, with its glorious convergence of material and performer, will show you what you've been missing.

Rene Rodriguez

There's a lot more at work in this raucously entertaining movie than cross-dressing clichés. Read full review

Amy Taubin

It's this strategy (however unconscious), and not simply a lack of directing talent, that makes Hedwig so relentlessly assaultive, heavy-handed, and emotionally monochromatic. Read full review

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CheriB.

Oct 5, 2001

Irresistible and poignant, this film examines the unyeilding power of desire and the undeniable reward of persistence.

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Clay

Feb 10, 2007

One of the most tenderly made films ever. John Cameron Mitchell's Hedwig and the Angry Inch, is part love story, part comedy, part tragedy and 100 percent Rock and Roll Musical. Mitchell plays the lead roll of Hedwig with bravura, soul, and wreckless abandonment of what anyone thinks. One of the most tenderly made films ever. John Cameron Mitchell's Hedwig and the Angry Inch, is part love story, part comedy, part tragedy and 100 percent Rock and Roll Musical. Mitchell plays the lead roll of Hedwig with bravura, soul, and wreckless abandonment of what anyone thinks. This is a film for anyone who looking for love, has been in love, or fallen out of love. You'll laugh, you'll cry and you'll watch it again and again. The replay value is astonishing considering there is fantastic costuming, amazing songs, various storyline angles and just plain memorable fun. Truly one of the best movies I have ever seen. Deeply touching and emotional you won't be disappointed.… Expand

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KittyD.

Sep 21, 2006

This movie is my life, end of story

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DominickC.

Nov 17, 2007

The extraordinary talent that made this movie - writing, acting, music, visuals - and the humor, gives an exuberant feel with a wish that it would just go on and on. Makes most movies look like trite sad amateur hour same-old flops.

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JosephK.

Nov 1, 2006

Only few films seem so right that you could say with confidence that they are near perfect. Not a beat missed,and thats not only reffering to the music. Questions of this films significance will be anwsered with 20 or so years of aging, though films like these are timeless, it is only a Only few films seem so right that you could say with confidence that they are near perfect. Not a beat missed,and thats not only reffering to the music. Questions of this films significance will be anwsered with 20 or so years of aging, though films like these are timeless, it is only a matter of time before enough people would agree it is a sure musical classic.… Expand

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Slovenly_Muse

Aug 31, 2018

John Cameron Mitchell excels at depicting the complicated ways humans love each other. Apart from being a rock and roll masterpiece, this film tenderly layers pain and love, and depicts the endless human search for the other half... the one who can put us back together.

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PatC.

Aug 23, 2007

Extremely entertaining project. It succeeds in creating a world where transvestite/transsexual behavior is normalized, a kind of "Tommy" meets "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert." The sublte implication is that such behavior often results when a father is forced away from his son and left in Extremely entertaining project. It succeeds in creating a world where transvestite/transsexual behavior is normalized, a kind of "Tommy" meets "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert." The sublte implication is that such behavior often results when a father is forced away from his son and left in the sole care of a dysfunctional mother. I'm one of those people who believes such behavior is contagious and that society should not be put in a position to condone it, but I support both the even-handedness and audacity of this film.… Expand

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