Hedwig and the Angry Inch
I don't know what I expected, but I know I got more than that. I figured this would be very silly and playful and funny and probably lack some heart, but boy was I wrong. First off, the music was great, and you'll enjoy it if you like any of the artists Hedwig admits to being inspired by. Particularly Bowie. I couldn't wait until the end of the movie to pick my phone up, go to Apple Music, and download the soundtrack. I've seen some comparisons of this film with Rocky Horror, but this one blows that one out of the water. This feels like a great band actually made a really good double-LP rock odyssey/opera, and now this is the movie. It wouldn't be the greatest of that type of movie, that distinction belongs to The Wall, but for all the heart this film has, it doesn't take itself as seriously as that. It is somewhere between the two extremes of the intended comedy of Rocky Horror and the super serious The Wall. When something is played for a laugh, Hedwig isn't usually in on it, yet it doesn't feel mean spirited towards its characters and it allows them to be human beings, flaws and all.
I don't know what I expected, but I know I got more than that. I figured this would be very silly and playful and funny and probably lack some heart, but boy was I wrong. First off, the music was great, and you'll enjoy it if you like any of the artists Hedwig admits to being inspired by. Particularly Bowie. I couldn't wait until the end of the movie to pick my phone up, go to Apple Music, and download the soundtrack. I've seen some comparisons of this film with Rocky Horror, but this one blows that one out of the water. This feels like a great band actually made a really good double-LP rock odyssey/opera, and now this is the movie. It wouldn't be the greatest of that type of movie, that distinction belongs to The Wall, but for all the heart this film has, it doesn't take itself as seriously as that. It is somewhere between the two extremes of the intended comedy of Rocky Horror and the super serious The Wall. When something is played for a laugh, Hedwig isn't usually in on it, yet it doesn't feel mean spirited towards its characters and it allows them to be human beings, flaws and all.