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Movie Review for Kinky Boots
Movie Review for
Kinky Boots
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101 Reviews total.
Release date: 4/14/2006
Run length: 106 mins.
Categories:
Comedy
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Drama
Summary:
Charlie Price thinks he has finally escaped the dead-end industrial town of Northampton with ambitious fiancée Nicola, when his father suddenly passes away, leaving Charlie unexpectedly in charge of the sinking family business in sturdy shoes. Trapped between a world of cheap knock-offs and to-die-for Jimmy Choos, Price & Sons seemingly doesn't need a manager so much as it needs a savior. With mounting dread, Charlie soon realizes that to even stay afloat he's going to have to lay off many of his dad's loyal, life-long employees. Then, one dark night in Soho, Charlie is literally smacked in the face with an idea that could bring the factory roaring back to life. When Charlie meets tough, tender Lola and her teetering high heels, everything changes. They might come from completely different walks of life, but both men have reached a point where they have nothing to left to lose by taking a risk. Deciding to buck tradition and boring loafers, Charlie sets out to conquer the brave new world of sexy cross-dressing footwear, with Lola as his fashion advisor. But it isn't just the assembly line that the disarming Lola transforms. As the make-or-break Milan fashion show approaches, everyone in the factory--from the macho Don to the stalwart Mel to Charlie's confidante Lauren--finds the unlikely dreams of Lola and Charlie catching fire.
Reviews of Kinky Boots
By
Lori Hoffman
of Atlantic City Weekly (7/0)
The brilliant Ejiofor (Dirty Pretty Things, Serenity) is fabulous as the outrageous Lola.
By
Marc Savlov
of Austin Chronicle (7/0)
...If you've seen The Full Monty (or Waking Ned Devine or Calendar Girls or Billy Elliot) then th...
By
Adrian Hennigan
of BBC (7/0)
Don't miss it.
By
Adrian Hennigan
of BBC (7/0)
Don't miss it.
By
Wesley Morris
of Boston Globe (5/2)
...one of those nice British comedies about blue-collar folks whose strife always ends in delight...
By
Roger Ebert
of Chicago Sun-Times (7/0)
...Ejiofor's performance as Lola shows an actor doing what not every actor can do...
Reviews of Kinky Boots
By
Roger Ebert
of Chicago Sun-Times (7/0)
With Kinky Boots, we find ourselves watching another one of those British comedies in which uncon...
By
Michael Wilmington
of Chicago Tribune (7/0)
Quite enjoyable, effortlessly well-done on every level, even moving at times, but relatively ligh...
By
Michael Wilmington
of Chicago Tribune (7/0)
Quite enjoyable, effortlessly well-done on every level, even moving at times, but relatively ligh...
By
Michael Wilmington
of Chicago Tribune (7/0)
Chiwetel Ejiofor plays a red-booted, show-stopping drag queen named Lola ...and it's a sensationa...
By
Peter Rainer
of Christian Science Monitor (7/0)
The best reason to check the film out is [Chiwetel] Ejiofor's performance, which is packed with g...
By
Jules Brenner
of Cinema Signals (7/0)
It all comes out with formulaic steadiness and the kind of satisfactions that spell big bucks bac...
Reviews of Kinky Boots
By
Karina Montgomery
of Cinerina (7/0)
Kinky Boots stands out for 3 reasons: 1. It's inspired by a true story. 2. It's about what it re...
By
Jeffrey M. Anderson
of Combustible Celluloid (7/0)
[An] utterly vapid distillation of a "true story," crammed into the tired old Full Monty formula.
By
Harvey S. Karten
of Compuserve (7/0)
Though the movie doesn't take the risks that its hero does, it's a terrific British crowd-pleaser...
By
Chris Vognar
of Dallas Morning News (7/0)
It's a feel-good movie that happens to dress in drag.
By
Todd Jorgenson
of Denton Record Chronicle (TX) (7/0)
The cast of eccentrics is endearing, and the lessons of acceptance slide down easily with minimal...
By
Todd Jorgenson
of Denton Record Chronicle (TX) (7/0)
The cast of eccentrics is endearing, and the lessons of acceptance slide down easily with minimal...
Reviews of Kinky Boots
By
Robert Denerstein
of Denver Rocky Mountain News (7/0)
Ejiofor's latest, Kinky Boots, may not enshrine itself in the halls of movie greatness, but it pr...
By
John J. Puccio
of DVDTown.com (7/0)
Kinky Boots is so loveable and its characters so charming, it may have you forgetting how much of...
By
David Cornelius
of eFilmCritic.com (7/0)
Ejiofor's unbridled confidence sells the character and makes the movie.
By
Emanuel Levy
of EmanuelLevy.Com (7/0)
Recycling ideas and cliches from the more entertaining Full Monty and Calendar Girls (it's the sa...
By
Anna Smith
of Empire Magazine (7/0)
While a little too deliberate and reliant on its familiar formula, this still has its amusing, up...
By
Eric D. Snider
of EricDSnider.com (7/0)
I can't think of any reason for you to see it, but I can't think of any reason not to, either.
Reviews of Kinky Boots
By
Chris Cabin
of filmcritic.com (7/0)
...it wasn't until Kinky Boots that I realized that popular English films can, indeed, be as ...
By
Chris Cabin
of filmcritic.com (7/0)
undercooked to an amateurish degree
By
MaryAnn Johanson
of Flick Filosopher (7/0)
Might sweet-natured and pleasantly naughty British comedy be in the offing? You bet.
By
Rick Groen
of Globe and Mail (7/0)
[Ejiofor] gives us the real kinky; everything else here is just an assembly-line boot.
By
Eric Lurio
of Greenwich Village Gazette (7/0)
While it's maniputative as hell, its still entertaining.
By
Peter Canavese
of Groucho Reviews (7/0)
Rigged for your pleasure...everything is played up for schmaltz value or dopey laughs.
Reviews of Kinky Boots
By
Sura Wood
of Hollywood Reporter (7/0)
Kinky Boots, a crowd-pleasing British import based on a true story, may be this year's Full Monty...
By
Sura Wood
of Hollywood Reporter (7/0)
Kinky Boots, a crowd-pleasing British import based on a true story, may be this year's Full Monty...
By
Bruce Westbrook
of Houston Chronicle (7/0)
It's a predictable and preachy stab at a comedy with heart, and its subversive silliness is eclip...
By
Bruce Westbrook
of Houston Chronicle (7/0)
It's a predictable and preachy stab at a comedy with heart, and its subversive silliness is eclip...
By
Liz Braun
of Jam! Movies (7/0)
It's all fairly predictable, but it's pleasant.
By
Andrea Chase
of Killer Movie Reviews (7/0)
This is a sharp, smart and heart-warming film.
Reviews of Kinky Boots
By
Carina Chocano
of Los Angeles Times (7/0)
A humanist parable about how to be a good person, live a good life and make gallons of lemonade w...
By
Matt Pais
of Metromix.com (7/0)
Ejiofor sure can sashay and belt out a show-stopping number, but Kinky Boots is too busy putting ...
By
Duane Dudek
of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (7/0)
Though screenwriters Tim Firth and Geoffe Dean worked from fact, director Julian Jarrold makes ev...
By
Colin Covert
of Minneapolis Star Tribune (7/0)
Kinky Boots would be little but a gender-bending retread of The Full Monty if it weren't for Ejio...
By
Susan Granger
of Modamag.com (7/0)
A cheeky, vampy, naughty British comedy.
By
Gabriel Shanks
of Modern Fabulousity (7/0)
Far too insubstantial to make any interesting use of its social agenda, and the easy answers it f...
Reviews of Kinky Boots
By
Ken Hanke
of Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (7/0)
It's Ejiofor who takes the film from the realm of good into something verging on greatness.
By
Stephen Holden
of New York Times (7/0)
The recipe for this silly, quasi-inspirational British comedy comes from the same cookbook that g...
By
Stephen Holden
of New York Times (7/0)
The facts, whatever they may be, have been beaten into a formulaic, feel-good movie, riddled with...
By
John Anderson
of Newsday (7/0)
Kinky Boots shoehorns what should be a fresh story into the same old pair of narrative galoshes.
By
Frank Swietek
of One Guy's Opinion (7/0)
A prefabricated crowd-pleaser with a distinctly by-the-numbers feel, distinguished only by Ejiofo...
By
Nathan Rabin
of Onion AV Club (7/0)
Drag queens are people too, Kinky Boots limply, earnestly pleads. Most viewers will respond, 'Yes...
Reviews of Kinky Boots
By
Steve Schneider
of Orlando Weekly (7/0)
A marginal Britcom.
By
Dennis Schwartz
of Ozus' World Movie Reviews (7/0)
A tepid crowd-pleasing Brit comedy/drama that offers nothing fresh.
By
Tyler Hanley
of Palo Alto Weekly (7/0)
Chiwetel Ejiofor dishes out another magnetic performance despite a storyline that wavers from inn...
By
Cynthia Fuchs
of PopMatters (7/0)
It may be very Prince Charming, but it's a story that's definitively old.
By
Ethan Alter
of Premiere Magazine (7/0)
Even if its premise weren't so achingly familiar, the bland humor and oddly conservative depictio...
By
David Nusair
of Reel Film Reviews (7/0)
...never quite as tedious as one might've expected...
Reviews of Kinky Boots
By
Pam Grady
of Reel.com (7/0)
Yes, it's another wee British comedy, at times too precious, but for all that, this is a fun movi...
By
Robin Clifford
of Reeling Reviews (7/0)
Kinky Boots is pretty routine fare with its we-must-save-the-company debut feature by helmer Juli...
By
Peter Travers
of Rolling Stone (7/0)
Kinky Boots trips on its contrived plot, but this blend of trash and sass is a comfy fit.
By
Stephanie Zacharek
of Salon.com (7/0)
Even in light comedy, Ejiofor is a commanding presence. As queen or king, he rules.
By
Stephanie Zacharek
of Salon.com (7/0)
Even in light comedy, Ejiofor is a commanding presence. As queen or king, he rules.
By
Sean Means
of Salt Lake Tribune (7/0)
The only surprises come from Ejiofor, who invests Lola with more depth than his eye shadow and mi...
Reviews of Kinky Boots
By
Jean Lowerison
of San Diego Metropolitan (7/0)
There's nothing remarkable about Kinky Boots, and only Ejiofor's spectacular performance makes it...
By
David Elliott
of San Diego Union-Tribune (7/0)
Rich in spunk, humor, dignity, subtle emotions when needed, and dressed to kill when belting song...
By
Neva Chonin
of San Francisco Chronicle (7/0)
...feels awfully staid.
By
Winda Benedetti
of Seattle Post-Intelligencer (7/0)
...strives to be nothing more than a sweetheart of a little comedy with a big human heart and som...
By
Tom Keogh
of Seattle Times (7/0)
Gradually, boots and transvestite jokes become window dressing for a more touching story about th...
By
Ed Gonzalez
of Slant Magazine (7/0)
Somewhere, Jeffrey Lyons is rolling on the floor laughing.
Reviews of Kinky Boots
By
Trevor Johnston
of Time Out (7/0)
Overall, it’s breezy, forgettable fluff, but ‘kinky’? Obviously, the term is relative.
By
Tony Medley
of tonymedley.com (7/0)
although the film is light hearted and humorous, it is much more than comedy. In the end, this is...
By
Maitland McDonagh
of TV Guide's Movie Guide (7/0)
Ejiofor's polished, energetic performance -- including several song-and-dance numbers -- enlivens...
By
Urban Cinefile Critics
of Urban Cinefile (7/0)
It's cine-spirit not too far from Strictly Ballroom, Kinky Boots is a well crafted comedy that we...
By
Claudia Puig
of USA Today (7/0)
...this conventional, manipulative British import feels like a re-soled pair of shoes that unques...
By
Derek Elley
of Variety (7/0)
A slick, cross-tracks Britcom whose stride is hampered by its desire not to offend.
Reviews of Kinky Boots
By
Matthew Turner
of ViewLondon (7/0)
Chiwetel Ejiofor is ... utterly convincing as Lola and plays her as a force of nature; funny, lou...
By
Matt Singer
of Village Voice (7/0)
Why are movies 'inspired by a true story' always the most contrived?
By
Willie Waffle
of WaffleMovies.com (7/0)
Doesn't pack any big surprises, but does leave you with a smile on your face.
By
John Beifuss
of Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (3/5) Login Required (Login Required)
Another 'naughty' British comedy for audiences who love 'Are You Being Served?' but don't want to...
By
Phil Villarreal
of Arizona Daily Star (3/4) No reference
It's the acting of an earnest and capable cast that overcomes a weak screenplay with irresistible...
By
Randy Cordova
of Arizona Republic (6/1) No reference
Kinky Boots sounds like some kind of fetish fantasy, but it's actually a good-natured and rather ...
Reviews of Kinky Boots
By
David Germain
of Associated Press (3/4) No reference
It has heart and soul (and sole). What Kinky Boots lacks is kick.
By
Christine James
of Boxoffice Magazine (3/4) No reference
The story's beats and developments are a little too familiar, though quirky wit and a genuine war...
By
Devin Faraci
of CHUD (6/1) No reference
Every moment in Kinky Boots is screamingly, painfully obvious. The only way the film could have s...
By
Jeff Vice
of Deseret News, Salt Lake City (6/1) No reference
There's no denying that some audience members are likely to find this predictable silliness amusi...
By
Lisa Schwarzbaum
of E! Online (6/1) No reference
The fact that this formulaically winsome movie...is based on product-line changes at a real North...
By
Kevin Lally
of Film Journal International (6/1) No reference
It's cheerful, predictable and far from edgy, but buoyed by a likable cast and a standout perform...
Reviews of Kinky Boots
By
Robert W. Butler
of Kansas City Star (3/4) No reference
Jarrold's film reportedly is based on fact, but that doesn't stop it from seeming pretty preposte...
By
Peter Debruge
of Miami Herald (3/4) No reference
As long as England keeps exporting these empty-headed little stories about how backward and prudi...
By
Luke Y. Thompson
of New Times (6/1) No reference
It's difficult to tell if Lola is the only interesting character because he's written that way, o...
By
Elizabeth Weitzman
of New York Daily News (3/4) No reference
Despite the subject matter, the script and direction are disappointingly conventional, though the...
By
Elizabeth Weitzman
of New York Daily News (3/4) No reference
Despite the subject matter, the script and direction are disappointingly conventional, though the...
By
Lou Lumenick
of New York Post (3/4) No reference
Good-natured fun.
Reviews of Kinky Boots
By
Stephen Whitty
of Newark Star-Ledger (3/4) No reference
Yet another one of those heartwarmers about Great Britain's plucky eccentrics.
By
Stephen Whitty
of Newark Star-Ledger (3/4) No reference
Yet another one of those heartwarmers about Great Britain's plucky eccentrics.
By
Shawn Levy
of Oregonian (3/4) No reference
It's what's fresh that saves the film, namely Chiwetel Ejiofor.
By
Roger Moore
of Orlando Sentinel (3/4) No reference
You'll giggle and laugh and never look at those things on your feet the same way again.
By
Gary Thompson
of Philadelphia Daily News (3/4) No reference
Alas, a great deal of rather obvious dramatic hoo-ha has been added in an attempt to embellish th...
By
Mike Ward
of Richmond.com (6/1) No reference
Kinky Boots is a rare and unassuming tale about everyday folk, or shall I say blokes, who climb o...
Reviews of Kinky Boots
By
Jack Garner
of Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (3/4) No reference
First-time director Julian Jarrold brings to Kinky Boots the dry humor and blue-collar insight th...
By
Laura Kelly
of South Florida Sun-Sentinel (3/4) No reference
For all its purported vampy pleasures, Kinky Boots is a wobbly, overwrought comedy.
By
Lawrence Toppman
of Charlotte Observer (6/1) Not Reachable
The betrayals, reconciliations and revelations are forced on us with clockwork precision, and no ...
By
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
of St. Paul Pioneer Press (3/4) Not Reachable
Kinky Boots has a message (as Lola puts it, 'Change your mind about someone'), but its characters...
By
Desson Thomson
of Washington Post (6/1) Not Reachable
Director Julian Jarrold and screenwriters Geoff Deane and Tim Firth trade in hackneyed dualities.
Movie Distributors
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International
Miramax Films Production Companies
Price Productions
Harbour Pictures
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International Movie Studios
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