The Origin of Love

Rating: 9/10 (20 February 2005)

A true rock love story, Hedwig and the Angry inch follows the tour of a glamorous underground rocker across the country in various "venues" including family eateries and special interest festivals that mirror that touring route of her former lover/ rock sensation Tommy Gnosis (voice of Stephan Trask, who wrote the music.) This, though non-traditional, is a sensitive picture of love, lust, angst, and sexuality, set to music about the rocker's life. Written directed and starring John Cameron Mitchell, this movie is one of the best nontraditional musicals I've ever seen, and I'd definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys the rocky horror picture show , or who loves rock and roll, or just plain modern musicals. Everyone I've shared this movie with, gay/straight/conservative/liberal/man/woman has, even if they didn't LOVE it, found some kind of application to their life in the plot.