Hedwig and the Angry Inch

...Hedwig remains an astonishing creation, and the good lines remain sharp...

John Cameron Mitchell electrifies the movie, with a performance that isn't a satire of glam-rock performers so much as an authentic glam-rock performance.

Less gaga musical than it is a liberating rejoinder to transexual shame, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is ripe with sexual, cultural, and political discourse.

Mitchell portrays the alienated Hedwig as a tough and funny survivor, someone we root for rather than pity. The director and star is helped by a terrific script, complete with lyrics that are often as smart as they are poignant...

Like The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Hedwig and the Angry Inch manages to tell an engaging story about a drag queen while only sending the most militant homophobes fleeing from theaters.