AutCuddly Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Murphy Howard I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Cheryl A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Vinicius Andrade John Cameron Mitchell wrote and starred Hedwig and the Angry Inch, the musical opened Off-Broadway in 1998. The soundtrack was created by Stephen Trask. The show a considerable number of important awards, resulting in a movie with a same name three years later. John C. Mitchell also starred and directed it. Most of the actors and actresses use outfits and lots of make-up, the people responsible for turning visually the cast into the characters did an incredible work. Those which stand out are Hedwig with the clothing, make- ups and wigs along with Miriam Shor portraying a man, Yitzhak, it's barely noticeable that a male character is being played by a woman. There're some scenes which were filmed using different, but still interesting, angles and techniques, providing an artistic tone and making the movie more unique. Regarding the musical presentations, there're both recorded audio and live performances. John C. Mitchell preferred that way instead of just having lip-sync shows to the passion and energy of the songs do not go unnoticed.Behind the make-ups, costumes, wigs and musical performances, there's a story which isn't just shallow and empty, but has certain depth, which induces you to think, talking about the search of love and your self- acceptance. Due to her strong personality and charisma, Hedwig affects you right from the start. As the film goes on, you get to know more about her and by the end you probably will very emotional and sympathized with her. John Cameron Mitchell did an outstanding performance to bring Hedwig to life, he succeeded in passing the whirlwind of emotions that Hedwig had as a result of her difficult and traumatic life.

victuki Plot: Hedwig, an kid from the RFA with some gender issues, finds only one way to escape from his country. Sex-change surgery, marry an American soldier and then grab his mother passport to get the hell out of there. Now in the USA, we will witness her story: girl meets boy, boy steals her songs to become a rock star...all of it through a great musical, or better said a "musiglam". Ludicrous, is it not? John Cameron Mitchell adapts his own Off-Broadway play into the big screen, directs and stars as Hedwig, in a movie full of colors, light and music. A film that became an instant classic, a cult low budget movie, and a reference in indie filmmaking at the beginning of this century. Stephen Trask plays the role of guitar player in Hedwig's band, and he is responsible for the whole soundtrack, a track list as solid as touching; what a perfect music for such a story.I remember watching this film around 2002 or 2003 in a nearby cinema, a "Glam Night", films like "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (Jim Sharman, 1975), "Velvet Goldmine" (Todd Haynes, 1998) or this very film. I am not a fan of musicals, they seem to me a bit absurd, but when I watched this, I thought: "well, if it's excessive, it better be ridiculously excessive". And so it was, but not only that, it is a great film, a touching story and a wonderful soundtrack. Meet Hedwig, it is impossible not to enjoy her story.

ladymidath I have to say that out of all the musicals and rock opera, Hedwig and The Angry Inch is one of the best. First of all, the performances from all the cast is superb, the story is poignant and the music is just great. Hedwig him/herself is a fascinating figure, strong and confident, yet vulnerable and hurting. Yet she always has dignity. The story of how she escaped East Germany by becoming trans gendered and marrying an American Soldier only to have the operation botched and being dumped by her husband in favour of a young man is a sad one. The expression on Hedwig's face as she watches her husband leave then discovers that the Berlin Wall is being torn down, is almost heartbreaking. Yet Hedwig rallies around with what is probably the best song in the film, Wig In A Box. Hedwig's one hope is that she will find her other and that she will finally be whole and perhaps by the end of the film, she has. One final note, the character of Hedwig was actually inspired by a woman who used to babysit for the Mitchell family. She was a German divorced U.S. Army wife who was also a babysitter and moonlighted as a prostitute at her Junction City, Kansas trailer park home. This is a film for people that loved Tommy, The Rocky Horror Picture Show And Repo The Genetic Opera.

lastliberal A rock musical in the style of the Rocky Horror Picture Show, this film is about a German boy that falls in love with an American and wants to go to America with him. We see it all in flashback as she is touring the U.S.Of course, he can't without getting a sex-change operation. Hansel becomes Hedwig (John Cameron Mitchell) in a botched operation that leaves a little too much behind, and soon finds herself abandoned in a Kansas trailer park. She turns tricks at a nearby military base, becomes a baby-sitter for the general, and meets the general's son, Tommy Gnossis (Michael Pitt). They're lovers, until Tommy discovers the secret of Hedwig's transsexualism and abandons her.John Cameron Mitchell gives a great Glam-Rock performance in a loud and flashy movie that has a lot underneath. Great soundtrack.