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  • 2001
  • R
  • Fine Line Features
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2001
  • R
  • Fine Line Features
  • 1 h 35 m

Summary Adapted from the critically acclaimed off-Broadway rock theatre hit, Hedwig and the Angry Inch tells the story of an 'internationally ignored' rock singer, Hedwig, and her search for stardom and love. (Fine Line Features)

Directed By: John Cameron Mitchell

Written By: Stephen Trask, John Cameron Mitchell

  • 2001
  • R
  • Fine Line Features
  • 1 h 35 m
  • 2001
  • R
  • Fine Line Features
  • 1 h 35 m
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 29 Critic Reviews
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85
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 42 User Ratings
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Summary Adapted from the critically acclaimed off-Broadway rock theatre hit, Hedwig and the Angry Inch tells the story of an 'internationally ignored' rock singer, Hedwig, and her search for stardom and love. (Fine Line Features)

Directed By: John Cameron Mitchell

Written By: Stephen Trask, John Cameron Mitchell

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 29 Critic Reviews
85
93% Positive
27 Reviews
7% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 29 Critic Reviews
85
93% Positive
27 Reviews
7% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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100
Stomps the summer movie competition with heart and humor.
By Kevin Maynard FULL REVIEW
100
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.
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
91
John Cameron Mitchell credits Plato as the inspiration for his rock musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Now Mitchell has turned his play into a raucous, touching celebration of a film.
By Paula Nechak FULL REVIEW
88
Wildly witty, but also inventive, audacious and poignant.
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75
(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.
By Mark Caro FULL REVIEW
75
This drag-queen melodrama, like its star, perseveres.
By Steven Rea FULL REVIEW
40
It's this strategy (however unconscious), and not simply a lack of directing talent, that makes Hedwig so relentlessly assaultive, heavy-handed, and emotionally monochromatic.
By Amy Taubin FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 42 User Ratings
7.8
86% Positive
36 Ratings
7% Mixed
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7% Negative
3 Ratings

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 42 User Ratings
7.8
86% Positive
36 Ratings
7% Mixed
3 Ratings
7% Negative
3 Ratings

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Production Company Killer Films, New Line Cinema
Release Date Jul 20, 2001
Duration 1 h 35 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline An anatomically incorrect rock odyssey
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Awards

Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
• 1 Win & 6 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 6 Nominations

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