Strange, how the movie seems to be loud, flashy and superficial, and yet gives a deeper dimension to its characters.
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08/03/01
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
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Reviews Counted:92
Fresh:86
Rotten:6
Average Rating:7.8/10
Consensus: Hedwig and the Angry Inch may very well be the next Rocky Horror midnight movie. It not only knows how to rock, but Hedwig's story has an emotional poignancy.
Theatrical Release:Jul 20, 2001 Limited
Box Office: $1,547,128
Synopsis: John Cameron Mitchell is the creator of the off-Broadway hit HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH, which he and composer-lyricist Stephen Trask have transformed into a funny, dramatic, and curiously poignant... [More]
Starring: John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask, Theodore Liscinski
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
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Reviews for Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Top CriticThis is rock opera at its most vibrant, melodic and meaningful.
08/02/01
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08/02/01
While Hedwig occasionally lapses into a kind of pop sappiness, it's also upfront about all that, declaring its faith in the mythology of love, its capacity to 'create something that wasn't there before.'
08/02/01
It does things that only the movies can do, and it does them with an abundance of wit, irony and energy.
08/02/01
Top CriticInventive, original stuff.
08/02/01
This summer's best screen heroine, feisty, funny and wigged out -- literally.
08/02/01
Almost guaranteed to amass a cult following as it makes its way across U.S. theaters during its national release.
08/02/01
Top CriticHedwig is a force of nature, burned out and jaded yet brimming with compassion and bursting with energy.
08/02/01
Top CriticA bit of Zeus' myth, a tad of Freud, everything but the kitchen sink.
08/01/01
At heart an old-fashioned barrel-of-fun rock-and-roll musical.
07/30/01
Its off-kilter originality makes a welcome change from the summer's CGI dinosaur or tomb raiding behemoths.
07/30/01
Has a kind of self-deprecating, low-budget charm that's ideal for the material.
07/27/01
Top CriticThe rock score by Stephen Trask that dominates most of the film is loud and unbearable.
07/27/01
Top CriticIt's all just eye-popping amazing.
07/27/01
It wins the heart and commands respect.
07/27/01
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07/26/01
A rock 'n' roll movie that remembers what it's like to truly rock and roll.
07/23/01
A near-miss that the adventurous might still want to check out.
07/23/01
Thanks to Mitchell's electrifying work in front of and behind the camera, you'll find yourself falling in love with this rock odyssey.
07/20/01
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