KINKY BOOTS -- Julian Jarrold, dir

©2005
production company: Harbour Pictures, Miramax Films, Touchstone Pictures
studio: Miramax
director: Julian Jarrold
cast: Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sarah-Jane Potts, Nick Frost, Linda Bassett, Jemima Rooper, Robert Pugh, Ewan Hooper, Stephen Marcus, Mona Hammond
screenplay: Geoff Deane & Tim Firth

A man inherits his father's down-on-its-luck shoe factory and looks for a niche market to keep it afloat. With the help of a drag-queen and an outspoken employee, the man gets into the kinky boot market.

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This really was a very nice film, with nothing much too kinky about it. Lola's songs were marvelous, and I wanted more of them.

The relationships between the man and his fiancee and the man and the employee were quite predicatable and really didn't add much to the film. The premise was interesting and fun (based on a true story, which I find even more interesting) and I enjoyed the dynamics between the drag queen and the shoe factory employees.

Though billed as a comedy, it's not a laugh-out-loud type comedy. Though it's not a drama, either, and not quite a musical. Kind of a "chick flick" ... except that the chick is a drag queen.

A fun film, and worth a watch. Parts are a little boring, particularly the beginning, but once drag queen and the factory wner hook up, the movie moves nicely.