Were the World Mine: Review

Just saw this wonderful musical called Were the World Mine, about a gay boy who discovers the power to turn everyone in his homophobic town gay, to give them a chance to "walk in his shoes." Meanwhile, he is performing in the school play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and much of the dialogue incorporates lines from the play. It's not really a conventional musical, as most of the singing takes place in dream sequences and doesn't stop the action in the movie. It's both adorable and poignant. The main character has a fantastic voice, as do most of the other cast. It also does a really good job of addressing hegemonic masculinity (via the rugby team and its coach) and the homophobia directed at Shakespeare (as many of the rugby players are cast as women in the play.) I give it a 4.5 out of 5 stars.

Were the World Mine on IMDB