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Were the World Mine (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 22

Fresh: 15

Rotten:7

Average Rating: 6.2/10

Rated: Not Rated

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Nov 21, 2008 Limited

Starring: Tanner Cohen, Wendy Robie, Judy McLane

Starring: Tanner Cohen, Wendy Robie, Judy McLane

Director: Tom Gustafson

Director: Tom Gustafson
Screenwriter: Tom Gustafson, Cory James Krueckeberg

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What could have been a charming and original endeavor becomes tacky and silly.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
05/16/09
Phil Hall
Film Threat

The songs are bright and beautifully sung, the cast's naturalism works against the surreality of the concept, and ultimately, the pieces fit together like a dream.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
02/13/09
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

All teen comedies would be this divine were the world Gustafson's.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
02/13/09
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

This high school reworking of A Midsummer Night's Dream never really takes flight, but neither is it the preening misfire the first half promises.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
02/12/09
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Were the World Mine is a charming picture with a very simple message: be who you are, let others be who they are, and we can all be happy. In fact, we might even be fabulous.

Full Review Source: Playback:stl | comment Comment
02/09/09
Sarah Boslaugh
Playback:stl

Were the World Mine gets by on sheer charm -- and on Gustafson's inventive direction, Kira Kelly's elegant cinematography and co-screenwriter Cory James Krueckeberg's whimsical production design, which works wonders on a limited budget.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
01/29/09
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

Were the World Mine is an independent film that succeeds through the excellent work of a cast and crew whose imagination compensates for budgetary constraints.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
01/29/09
Bill White
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Tom Gustafson's musical fantasia is the gay indie of the year.

Full Review Source: Windy City Times | comment Comment
12/21/08
Richard Knight
Windy City Times

Were the World Mine is seriously uneven. If it displays considerable imagination and creativity, it also lapses too often into smug, campy silliness.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
12/12/08
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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Editorial Review Writer-producer-director Tom Gustafson's musical fantasy Were the World Mine, based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, is mostly delightful.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
12/12/08
Mike Mayo
Washington Post
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A diverting Chicago-made export, director and co-writer Tom Gustafson's gay fantasia on Shakespearean themes is set in a socially stratified private school ruled by the rugby jocks but about to be sent into a tizzy thanks to the magic of Shakespeare.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
12/12/08
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
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When the film narrows its focus from big questions addressed through overly broad strokes and instead zooms in on one-on-one interactions and the emotional power of a well-made musical sequence, it taps into a winning sweetness and poignancy.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
12/11/08
Ernest Hardy
L.A. Weekly

There are times when it is safe to say that a labor of love is love's labor lost, and, reader, this is one of them.

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12/05/08
Ty Burr
Boston Globe
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So sincere, so earnest in it’s desire that everything work out for the best for everyone, that one cannot help but give in to its earnestness and decide to like it, if not love it, despite its few failings.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
12/01/08
Tim Cogshell
Boxoffice Magazine

Were the World Mine follows the teen musical formula but renders its material with admirable lushness and intelligence.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
11/21/08
Reyhan Harmanci
San Francisco Chronicle
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An ambitious gay musical fantasy inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream, Tom Gustafson's Were the World Mine is far better in concept than execution. The shoestring budget hurts.

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
11/21/08
Lou Lumenick
New York Post
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Were the World Mine, an indie alternative to Disney's High School Musical franchise, is a small, endearing film.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
11/21/08
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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Like a hybrid of the lads from Dead Poets Society and HSM3, the teenage fellas of Were the World Mine gird their loins to produce a musical rendering of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
11/20/08
Anna King
Time Out New York

The material has been playfully updated, made into a parable of gay desire and wish fulfillment, but its significance remains the same, right down to Timothy's understanding that free will must ultimately be restored.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
11/16/08
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

This picture dares to summon the spirit of the Bard as well as the ghost of Arthur Freed and succeeds as a rousing, warm-hearted spectacle.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
07/31/08
Stephen Farber
Hollywood Reporter
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