The best movie I've seen in ages!

Rating: 10/10 (21 January 2002)

Wow! What an amazing film! It was so far superior than what I expected. Not knowing much about the history of Hedwig, so I went into the movie-watching experience with a near-perfectly clean slate, and was dazzled!
The boiled-down-to-near-nothing plot is about a transsexual (thanks to a botched sex change operation) from communist East Berlin comes to America, having married a GI, who is then dumped by her husband, returns to an old love of rock and roll, becoming a glam-rock singer, whose dreams of fame and fortune are thwarted by a song and fame-stealing ex-boyfriend. But that's not even near the half of it.
Headlining a positively amazing soundtrack, the movie roared from start to finish, never letting the ball drop! Stephen Trask's music and John Cameron Mitchell's delivery are an outstanding pair!
A++ for first-time director, John Cameron Mitchell! The movie positively blew me away, and it seemed to do so effortlessly.
The mix of humor was great, and surprisingly enough, in a movie where glam is key, subtlety was not lost, and the wit remained razor-sharp. As for the more serious side of the story, the sadness and heartache are presented beautifully without being melodramatic and soggy, in fact, quite the opposite.
This is best movie I've seen in ages!! What a refreshing change from the overdone, mega-production budget films. "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" proves that the art of film-making is not lost.
I highly recommend this movie, and will watch it again and again.