Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Asad Almond A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

SnoopyStyle Charles Price (Joel Edgerton) learned the family men's shoe business from his father in the four generations Northampton business. Charles and his girlfriend Nicola (Jemima Rooper) are moving to London when his father passes away. He is forced to take over and discovers the business is going under. On one drunken night, he tries to come to the rescue of drag queen Lola (Chiwetel Ejiofor). He rehires worker Lauren (Sarah-Jane Potts) and takes on Lola as a designer for a new line of shoes for cross-dressing men. Workers like Don (Nick Frost) are bitter about the new work and their new co-worker Lola.Chiwetel Ejiofor is wonderful. Joel Edgerton is a bit too bland. I would rather have him be a conservative guy rather than a middle of the road character. Everybody is solid. The movie seems to be ginning up some conservative backlash in the workers. It feels out of date. The money issue would be the more compelling drama. This is a functional feel-good movie with a couple of great heart-warming moments.

lasttimeisaw KINKY BOOTS has become a Broadway sensation in 2013 with music and lyrics from Cyndi Lauper, while this original film is equally brilliant with a broad message of self-affirmation. Directed by Julian Jarrold (BECOMING JANE 2007, 7/10), it is another old-fashioned uplifting adult fairytale from UK, such as CALENDAR GIRLS (2003, 7/10), and THE FULL MONTY (1997), both exploit on the prudish nudity, but this film, based on a true event, is about a shoe factory owner Charlie (Edgerton) saves his family business by finding a niche market to design kinky boots for drag queens, with the help of a black transvestite Lola (Ejiofor), the story itself sounds outlandish, but the film is a thorough bliss to watch. Chiwetel Ejiofor is my current BEST ACTOR winner in 2013 for 12 YEARS A SLAVE (2013, 9/10), and this is another spectacular performance in his résumé, his boxer physique and deep voice do not deter his transformation into Lola, a flamboyant cabaret singer, covered with heavy make-up and kitschy costume, but Ejiofor siphons Lola's vulnerability and sensitivity perfectly on the screen out of her ostentatious stage flair, which gives enormous warmth to keep the film afloat, in spite of many standard clichés about provincial prejudice towards the trans-gender minority and a bitch-faced girlfriend who will ultimately cheat on our protagonist. Edgerton's Charlie, is a traditional guy, craves for a normal family life and worries about that he could not live up to his father's expectation, his self-affirmation remedy is inspired by Lola but the film doesn't shy away from his own bias as well although the over-heightened drama between him and Lola does merely serve as a plot device rather than a sincere catharsis. Nick Frost and Linda Bassett play two among several working-class laborers in the factory, the former is basically for comic relief and the latter is devised to express her feistiness occasionally. Potts' Lauren is the good gal always standing behind the man's back and Rooper's Nicola is the unsupportive girlfriend with a uncomely bob hairdo.Narrative aside, the musical rendition from Lola steals the limelight every time, Ejiofor's voice is a bit too blunt and in lack of variety, but his diva aura is second to none. Cleverly and intentionally, Jarrold blurs the line of Lola's sexuality, we are in the era of non- discrimination of one's sexuality, so it doesn't matter in any rate, the film is a fairly accomplished musical, balanced with both drama and comedy elements, it is also a small picture with a big heart, terrifically accessible to audience, neither cringing-worthy nor patronizing, this alone, is worth the good words-of-mouth and a two-thumbs-up.

Dreambound This is a movie the whole family will like -- assuming your whole family, like mine, likes Rocky Horror and the line "You are making two and a half feet of irresistible, tubular sex" doesn't freak anyone out too much. I showed this movie to my best friend not long ago and she went from a skeptic (because, let's face it, the title doesn't conjure up images of family fun) to a wholehearted believer, too.The movie takes you on a ride you won't forget. You'll go through surprise, amusement, shock, anger, joy, and even moments of fabulous rage. You'll sing along with Lola. You'll plead with Charlie to man up.This is one of the few movies that never fails to cheer me up. If you're a fan of heteronormative action movies, it'll probably make you uncomfortable now and again, but like those who meet Lola, you'll fall for her quirks and grace, Charlie's awkward and belated personal growth, Nicola's business smarts, and even the old lady who rents out Lola's room.I'm not a big fan of musicals or lots of singing in a movie, but every musical number fits in perfectly and there aren't any random outbursts of song, so I was happy.Every time I watch this movie, I fall in love a little more. Yeah, some people might think it's clichéd, but I'm not watching an earth-shattering documentary... I'm watching a movie that will always make me laugh a little, cry a little, and feel warm inside for days afterwards. Watch it -- you'll like it.

Jackson Booth-Millard I mainly knew this film because of the black actor that appears in Love Actually and the best friend of Simon Pegg in Hot Fuzz. Besides that, only other thing I knew was the black actor was playing a drag queen, I didn't know it was based on a true story. Basically Charlie Price (Joel Edgerton) inherits his father's shoe business, Prince & Son's, and his factory, which is failing. One night, by chance, he meets drag queen cabaret singer Lola (Golden Globe nominated Chiwetel Ejiofor) who complains about inadequate footwear for her work, which, along with his friend and ex-worker Lauren (Sugar Rush's Sarah-Jane Potts) inspire him to create men's fetish footwear. Of course Lola is intrigued, but Charlie does have prejudice from the staff, but Charlie keeps trying to save his business, and it eventually helps take his work to modelling show. Also starring Linda Bassett as Mel, The Famous Five's Jemima Rooper as Nicola, Nick Frost as Don, Ewan Hooper as George, Robert Pugh as Harold Price and Geoffrey Streatfield as Richard Bailey. It may not have been one the funniest comedy film, but the story has good elements to it, and Ejiofor does do a good job. Worth watching!