An East Berlin born transexual heads a rock band in the USA. Innovative with a rock musical feel and featuring memorable animation. 4 Flys Out Of Five

Rating: Null/10 (22 April 2002)

Hedwig And The Angry Inch is part rock musical, part animated film, part stage play and very much a virtuoso performance for its writer/director and lead actor John Cameron Mitchell.
Hansel/Hedwig was born in East Berlin before the wall came down, becomes a transsexual prostitute/singer in America in the sixties and then falls in love with a young boy who becomes a big stadium performer on the strength of the songs Hedwig composes.
Evocative animation accompany cabaret style songs and some of those songs are very angry indeed.
John Cameron Mitchell lends an admirable dignity to the part of Hansel/Hedwig. Hedwig And The Angry Inch is worth chasing up in the Video stores if it has left your multiplex.
4 Flys with Angry Inches Out Of Five