Develiker terrible... so disappointed.

UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Supelice Dreadfully Boring

DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

mg501 Usually I resent anything that stereotypes homosexuals. I resent it even more when gays stereotype gays. As gay as this movie definitely is (fairies... guys wearing wings... rugby players doing pirouettes), I am -surprisingly enough- completely enamored with it. I am glad that I watched it, then watched it again, and... watched it again.There is something about this movie that moves past being just a story about fairies - literal and otherwise. Cohen has a strong and beautiful voice. Both he and Becker play their characters way beyond stereotypes. It didn't hurt to have them both be such total hot-ties, either.It's really too bad that so many people will be put-off by anything to do with same sex relationships. (BTW: this movie is about more than just that.) They are missing a film that inspires the audience to have the courage to be oneself and the courage to let go of what you love, because of that love, at the risk of losing it. -- 12/08/09 Before Puck (Cohen) sings "Sleep Sound" there is a brief moment when the viewer sees Cole's mother obviously disgruntled by her son's apparent homosexuality. She breaks into a gargantuan smile when Cole return to his heterosexual self. Many gays and lesbians live their entire life knowing that, when all is said and done, our parent's continue to feel that we have failed them by not (at least) pretending to be heterosexuals. When it comes to sexuality, it is not uncommon to find our parent's and our friends' love to be very conditional.

PTCfromDE Were the World Mine is set in an all male private school where the entire senior class is required to participate in the senior play, a production of "A Midsummer Nights Dream"---even the members of the rugby team.But the events in the town start to take on a surreal gay twist, as the interactions of all the folks in the town start to mirror those in Shakespeare's original script.As you may know---the comedy of the Shakespeare play centers around a device where a fairy named Puck can sprinkle a magic elixir into someone's eyes, causing that person to fall madly in love with the first person they lay eyes on.Timothy, who is picked on by all the members of rugby team, and is playing Puck in the play, manages to get his hands on the elixir for real. But as in Shakepeare's version, not everything goes as planned.Along the way, there are lots of shirtless hot rugby players, and amazing singing.I saw this at the Santa Barbara GLBTQ film-festival and was captivated. After seeing the film, now when I play the clips of the trailer I get goose-bumps. During the film I was so transported into the world of the characters that I didn't even notice all the amazing cinematography that I see now in the trailer. The film seems to move effortlessly between realistic scenes and those that are surreal and fantastic---in all senses of that word.The cast is terrific---and the music is transcendent. I highly recommend this film.

MyPokemans I was anxious to go to the LGBT film festival, but I am glad I did. As well as some other titles, Were The World Mine is an amazing film. However, it did have its short-comings. The actors were brilliant, for the most part. Much better than I was expecting. After seeing a few of the shorts at the festival, I really wasn't expecting to be blown away by the cast. They did an astounding job. Even the slightly over-the-top Robie. The music. WOW, the music. I can honestly say that Were the World Mine has some of the best ORIGINAL music for any musical that has come out in a very long time. Tanner Cohen has an amazing voice, as well as the rest of the cast. There wasn't a single person that I thought didn't belong in a musical role. The dancing could have used work. The choreography was very nice, but I there were scenes where I thought "Ouch. It's called synchronization, fellas." The biggest dent in this movie, for me, was the end. I am happy with it, but I think it needed more explanation. It didn't entirely convince me. It was like the spell was still in effect. And that put the biggest damper on the film for me. I can connect the dots on my own, but I would like to be reassured. All in all, I HIGHLY recommend Were the World Mine. You won't be disappointed, too much.

preppy-3 Timothy (Tanner Cohen) is a rugby player in school and openly gay. The other guys treat him like dirt. Then he's cast as Puck in the school's production of "A Midsummer's Night Dream". He finds a flower that makes the person he squirts it at fall in love magically with the first person they see. He starts off by making the whole rugby team AND the coach fall in love with other men...but things quickly get out of hand. Oh yes--and there are musical numbers! Now I DO applaud what this film is doing--updating (kind of) Shakespeare's play but I didn't like it. For starters Cohen isn't exactly a good actor. He seems too nervous--but he sings beautifully. The humor here also seems too forced--I think I smiled once. The plot also derails more than once and things stop making sense. However, seeing young men openly kissing and making out was hot and very romantic, the musical numbers were great and (Cohen aside) the acting was perfect. Still I was bored and annoyed more than once. It's message is great (accept people for who they are) but the execution is clumsy. I can only give this a 6.