Thursday, September 07, 2006

KINKY BOOTS - ho-hum

By contrast with THE BALLAD OF JACK AND ROSE, this week's new Region 1 DVD release KINKY BOOTS is entirely avoidable. It's just another in a long line of movies that uses people with mildly transgressive jobs or sexual preferences as a unique selling point. So where we had amateur porn stars in THE MOGULS, we know have a transvestite cabaret singer, played by the ubiquitous Chiwetel Ejiofor. The transvestite comes to the aid of a failing British shoe factory that's losing trade to cheaper factories in China and Eastern Europe. The solution: to make high-heeled boots that can bear the weight of a man. It's the usual sappy feel-good formulaic nonsense. A decent cast (not least Joel Edgerton as the owner of the factory) but less humour and less depth than THE FULL MONTY. One to avoid.

KINKY BOOTS was released in the UK in October 2005. It is now available on Region 1 and 2 DVD.

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