Hedwig and the Angry Inch Critic Reviews

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 the 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 the 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 the 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 the 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 the full review

Falters in its final 15 minutes, when the funny lines peter out and the flashbacks get fuzzy.Read the full review

Clever, funny, wildly innovative film.Read the full review

Wildly witty, but also inventive, audacious and poignant.Read the full review

Despite some imaginative packaging too often proves a drag in more than the sartorial sense. Taking Mitchell's sketchy book far too seriously, the movie grows leaden between its terrific songs.Read the full review