Critic Reviews
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) Rank 3 Reviews
Expert Review Summary
based on (184) reviews
Click on the numbers to the right of the graph to see reviews of that rating
Fair
1
(0)
Poor
0
(0)
Reviews by Score:
Baltimore City Paper (Adele Marley)
San Francisco Chronicle (Carla Meyer)
San Francisco Chronicle (Carla Meyer)
Moda Magazine (Kage Alan)
Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
I didn't find the experience of watching Hedwig and the Angry Inch to be as transcendent as others have reportedly found it, but it was an enjoyable show all the same. The audience can easily sympathize with the travails of Hedwig. We have all faced ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
TV Guide (Ken Fox)
Ever hear of a rock musical that actually rocked? John Cameron Mitchell's glorious adaptation of his acclaimed Off-Broadway show might be a first. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at TV Guide (Ken Fox)
TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Not only works brilliantly as a musical, but also features some of the best rock songs ever written for the theatrical stage. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Ken Fox)
Baseline.Hollywood.com (Ted Murphy)
Not since Bob Fosse tackled and rethought "Cabaret" in 1972 has there been such an artistically successful stage-to-screen transfer. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Baseline.Hollywood.com (Ted Murphy)
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Is this a tour de force or what? As Hedwig would say, you do the math, honey. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Empire Magazine (--)
UTK Daily Beacon (Tamar Wilner)
Washington Post (Stephen Hunter)
Washington Post (Desson Howe)
filmcritic.com measures an Angry Inch
DVD Times
Hedwig and the Angry Inch is the second of two innovative musical films of 2001, both of which deal with a central theme of love, but each from a very different perspective. However, unlike Moulin Rouge, Hedwig was made on a fairly small budget and ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at DVD Times
Moda Magazine (Kage Alan)
DVD Authority.com ("Fusion3600")
The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
I'm not sure if my description of the movie is effectively capturing its atmosphere. I'm not sure what description could. Like Hedwig himself, the movie has one big flaw, and that is the fact that the denouement goes on too long. Apart from that it's ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at The UK Critic (Ian Waldron-Mantgani)
Reel Movie Critic (George O. Singleton)
Tommy Gnosis is a star with the #1 hit in the country. Hedwig stalks his band by playing in small clubs in the shadows of the major stadiums where Tommy plays to SRO crowds. She tells anyone who will listen that Tommy stole her material. Road manager ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Reel Movie Critic (George O. Singleton)
Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Despite the glowering of her irritable, angry inch, Hedwig -- the girl and the movie -- only wants to be loved. Adapted for film from the off-Broadway musical hit, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a screen spectacle that beseeches its audience for adoration ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
San Francisco Chronicle (Carla Meyer)
Falters in its final 15 minutes, when the funny lines peter out and the flashbacks get fuzzy. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Carla Meyer)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Like The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Hedwig and the Angry Inch manages to tell an engaging story about a drag queen while only sending the most militant homophobes fleeing from ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
The production is fantastically funny, high-energy camp, punctuated by Trask's infectious score and by Mitchell, dressing in a succession of wigs twice the size of his body. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
Chicago Tribune (Mark Caro)
(Mitchell's) Hansel may be small-boned and soft-featured in an androgynous way, but his Hedwig is a force of nature, burned out and jaded yet brimming with compassion and bursting with energy. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Chicago Tribune (Mark Caro)
Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
There's a lot more at work in this raucously entertaining movie than cross-dressing clichés. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
There's some kind of pulse of sincerity beating below the glittering surface, and it may come from Mitchell's own life story. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
This drag-queen melodrama, like its star, perseveres. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Jigsaw Lounge (Neil Young)
Movie Habit (Scott Poston)
Although it's impossible to predict, Hedwig may end up being the next midnight cult classic. Its hilarious creative energy invites the kind of audience participation that energized Rocky Horror almost thirty years ago. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Movie Habit (Scott Poston)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
It doesn't seem all that long ago when musicals were one of Hollywood's most popular genres. Each year, studios would commit millions of dollars into lavish productions featuring some of the era's song-and-dance icons: Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra, Gene Ke ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
A bit of Zeus' myth, a tad of Freud, everything but the kitchen sink. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Palo Alto Weekly (Jeanne Aufmuth)
Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
Velvet Goldmine and All that Jazz by way of The Wall--a bombastically endearing romp that is as infectious as it is (surprisingly) poignant. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
MovieWeb (B. Alan Orange)
Film Written Magazine (Jaime N. Christley)
A phenomenal and exhilarating piece of work...who could not love Hedwig? ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Film Written Magazine (Jaime N. Christley)
Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Inventive, original stuff. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Reel.com
A film like Hedwig and the Angry Inch has its roots in classics like Rocky Horror, Velvet Goldmine, and Tommy, and it can stand up with pride alongside these other gender-bending musicals. These movies are seminal because they explode certain accepted ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Reel.com
Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Writer/director/star John Cameron Mitchell pulls off a stunning cinematic hat trick that's all too rare for a first-time filmmaker. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)
Globe and Mail (Ray Conlogue)
It wins the heart and commands respect. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Globe and Mail (Ray Conlogue)
Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
Musicals make my skin crawl, and Moulin Rouge made me hate that stupid genre even more than I already did. So I approached Hedwig and the Angry Inch with great trepidation, even though the film had already garnered accolades from numerous festivals ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Planet Sick-Boy (Jon Popick)
efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
Moulin Rouge professed to be about love, but Hedwig actually has something to say about it. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
SPLICEDwire (Rob Blackwelder)
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
"Hedwig and the Angry Inch" occupies an almost extinct movie category: It's an original rock musical--indeed, according to its maker, a "post-punk neo-glam rock musical," a category almost ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Premiere (France) (--)
Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
Snack Bar (Adam J. Hakari)
Almost Fabulous Movie Reviews
eye WEEKLY (Jason Anderson)
DigsMagazine.com (Y. Sun)
WHSmith.co.uk review
DVD Net (Martin Friedel)
Entertainment Zone Review
Moviepie.com
What can you say about something so original that you have no choice but to see it over and over? Hedwig and the Angry Inch is the film adaptation of the Off-Broadway hit of the same name, which tells the tale of an East German transsexual who is ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Moviepie.com
Entertainment Insiders (Stephen Wong)
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Reel.com (Rod Armstrong)
IndependentCritics.com (Richard Propes)
Filethirteen Review
B Fatt. & Lazy Movie Reviews
Montreal Film Journal (Kevin N. Laforest)
Movies 101 (Robert Glatzer)
filmdeculte.com (Liam Engle)
Rotten Tomatoes - Reviews from the Nation's Top Critics
Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
digitallyOBSESSED.com (Daniel Hirshleifer)
efilmcritic (Charles Tatum)
eye WEEKLY (Jason Anderson)
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Zap2it.com (J. V. McAuley)
Poor Hedwig, who once was known as Hansel until an East German doctor botched a very delicate surgery performed on him at the behest of an American Army man, is not living the good life. Once he/she moves to the states, and into a tragic trailer in the ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Zap2it.com (J. V. McAuley)
Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
FilmFestivals.com
Petit garçon, Hansel vivait dans le Berlin-Est communiste, rêvait de trouver sa moitié et de devenir une célèbre rock star américaine. Lorsqu’un beau GI américain lui promet l’amour et la liberté, son rêve devient réalité. Afin de se ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at FilmFestivals.com
PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Reel.com DVD review (Pam Grady)
Movie-Vault.com (Vadim Rizov)
Movie Geek Central
hybridmagazine.com
PopMatters (Todd R. Ramlow)
The Dual Lens (Davin Lagerroos)
Reeling Reviews (Robin and Laura Clifford)
The Boston Phoenix
Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
A screen spectacle that beseeches its audience for adoration and mass acceptance. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marjorie Baumgarten)
Mutant Reviewers From Hell
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
outrate.net (Joey Kayuga)
The Filmsnobs (Stephen Himes)
Philadelphia City Paper (Cindy Fuchs)
MovieFreak.com (Sara M. Fetters)
Entertainment Insiders (Stephen Wong)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Matinee Magazine (Chuck Rudolph)
What Mitchell has to say about sexuality and love, equaling little more than feel-good sentiments about unity and duality, comes off as trite and inconsequential. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Matinee Magazine (Chuck Rudolph)
DVD Clinic ("Tony Pacemaker")
This is a rock musical of a transsexual rock ’n roll musician from East Berlin named Hedwig (John Cameron Mitchell) who is attempting to find and confront Tommy Gnosis (Michael Pitt) whose risen to fame and fortune by plagiarizing his/her material. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at DVD Clinic ("Tony Pacemaker")
Guardian/Observer
East German Hedwig has a sex change so that she can flee with her American GI boyfriend to the west, but her new life does not live up to her dreams and she finds herself touring the US with a rock band. ...read the complete Hedwig and the Angry Inch movie review at Guardian/Observer
from $18.72
(16 sellers)
User Reviews
User Comments
del.icio.us
Digg
StumbleUpon
Yahoo! My Web
Facebook
Google Bookmarks
ma.gnolia
Newsvine
reddit
Windows Live
