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Kinky Boots

Kinky Boots

Comedy · Drama · Music · 2005

Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer Lola and everything changes.

Movie details

Kinky Boots

“How far would you go to save the family business?”

2005 Comedy · Drama · Music 1h 47m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.7 / 10

Community rating

Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer Lola and everything changes.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Kinky Boots?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Julian Jarrold

Written by

Geoff Deane · Tim Firth

Joel Edgerton

Joel Edgerton

Charlie Price

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Lola/Simon

Sarah-Jane Potts

Sarah-Jane Potts

Lauren

Nick Frost

Nick Frost

Don

Linda Bassett

Linda Bassett

Mel

Jemima Rooper

Jemima Rooper

Nicola

Robert Pugh

Robert Pugh

Harold Price

Court is in session

Put Kinky Boots on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.