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.
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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
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Reviews for Were the World Mine
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.
01/29/09
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.
02/13/09
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.
02/12/09
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.
11/16/08
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.
12/11/08
The clunky script keeps pulling everything to an earthbound level well below the desired airy realm.
06/10/08
Were the World Mine is seriously uneven. If it displays considerable imagination and creativity, it also lapses too often into smug, campy silliness.
12/12/08
Top CriticAn 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.
11/21/08
Top CriticA 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.
12/12/08
Top CriticEditorial 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.
12/12/08
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.
01/29/09
What could have been a charming and original endeavor becomes tacky and silly.
05/16/09
All teen comedies would be this divine were the world Gustafson's.
02/13/09
The movie takes the familiar scenarios of high school angst and adolescent crushes and gives them a wonderful musical spin, complete with elaborate sets and choreography.
05/01/08
Were the World Mine follows the teen musical formula but renders its material with admirable lushness and intelligence.
11/21/08
Tom Gustafson's musical fantasia is the gay indie of the year.
12/21/08
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.
02/09/09
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.
07/31/08
Top CriticWere the World Mine, an indie alternative to Disney's High School Musical franchise, is a small, endearing film.
11/21/08
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