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Hedwig and the Angry Inch

2001

John Cameron Mitchell

John Cameron Mitchell, Michael Pitt, Miriam Shor, Alberta Watson ...

7.6

8,078

Musical. Drama Hedwig (played by John Cameron Mitchell) was born as Hansel in East Berlin. In his twenties, Hansel agrees to undergo a sex change in order to marry a U.S. soldier (Maurice Dean Wint) and escape to America. Unfortunately, the procedure fails, and Hedwig is left with nothing but a sexless "angry inch" between her legs. After being abandoned in a Kansas trailer park by her husband, Hedwig decides to make the most of her situation: She ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"The story of the emotional journey and downward career trajectory of an embittered East German transsexual rocker is wildly witty, but also inventive, audacious and poignant (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Rene Rodriguez Miami Herald	"Hedwig makes for an unforgettable heroine, the perfect center to this wonderfully odd, vivid and dynamic movie"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Strange, how the movie seems to be loud, flashy and superficial, and yet gives a deeper dimension to its characters (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly	"Love, fame, self-acceptance, fabulous wigs -- Hedwig achieves everything Moulin Rouge aspires to with far less effort"	POS

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