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Hedwig and the Angry Inch

An anatomically incorrect rock odyssey

2001 · 1h 35m · R Comedy, Drama, Music
Directed by John Cameron Mitchell

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Overview

Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an 'internationally ignored' but divinely talented rock diva, inhabiting a 'beautiful gender of one'.

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92%
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Rotten

Those expecting a rockin' good time are likely to be left cold by this screen translation, which despite some imaginative packaging too often proves a drag in more than the sartorial sense.

Dennis Harvey, Variety
Fresh

It is fairly short and fairly enjoyable.

Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh

Flamboyant, irreverent, naughty and oddly, profoundly moving.

Susan Stark, Detroit News
Fresh

What in any other hands than Mitchell's might have been a sexual sight gag becomes a symbol of personal freedom and expression.

Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Fresh

The film's not only funny and weird, it's oddly poignant.

Desson Thomson, Washington Post

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