Hedwig and The Angry Inch

The story is told so passionately that it demands as much of you as it does of its performers, all of whom are up there, giving everything.Read Full Review »

On the screen, the rip-roaring rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch retains all the excitement and energy it had on stage while adding depth, clarity and emotional texture.Read Full Review »

The sight of Hedwig and his band transforming a trashy trailer into a glitter-rock stage during "Wig in a Box" was so exhilarating I almost leapt out of my seat. The movie is pure theater, as it should be.Read Full Review »

Clever, funny, wildly innovative film.Read Full Review »

The film's not only funny and weird, it's oddly poignant. I miss Hedwig already.Read Full Review »

Mitchell directs and stars in the riotous, loving, and only occasionally pathos-milking film adaptation of his own acclaimed Off Broadway play, with great up-your-ante music and lyrics by Stephen Trask.Read Full Review »

Mitchell gives this post-punk, neo-glam rock extravaganza everything in his loaded arsenal of talents. He gets the sound right, the look right, the fun right and - this is crucial - the pain right.Read Full Review »

Wildly witty, but also inventive, audacious and poignant.Read Full Review »

If you thought ''Moulin Rouge,'' or, for that matter, ''Tommy,'' was trippy, Hedwig, with its glorious convergence of material and performer, will show you what you've been missing.Read Full Review »

There's some kind of pulse of sincerity beating below the glittering surface, and it may come from Mitchell's own life story.Read Full Review »