Kinky Boots


Rating = C+

This is the story of a drag queen and the heir to a failing shoe manufacturing business who help each other find a higher purpose in life. The problem with the movie for me is its stereotyped presentation of the drag scene and fairly superficial representations of all the other characters. It could have been a considerably better movie with better writing, I think. On the other hand, the large, generally older, audience where I saw the film seemed to love it, and I found a good bit in it that was amusing. The scenes machines and people making shoes in a shoe factory, and the drag queen's musical scenes were the best parts.

[2006-05-14]