Kinky Boots (DVD)

Charlie Price thinks that he is finally escaping the ancient industrial monstrosity that is his father's shoe factory with partner Nicola to start a new life elsewhere. Then his father suddenly dies and Charlie is forced to decide what to do with the factory, which is running at a loss. A trip to London leads to an encounter with Lola, a drag queen, who, along with factory worker Lauren, gives Charlie the idea to start diversifying...into making sexy leather boots for cross dressers and tranvestites. Wanting to take the boots to Milan, Charlie pressurises his staff into making the perfect boots to Lola's design, much to Nicola's embarrassment. Will Charlie manage to see ...  Read the complete review

I could not help noticing on watching ‘Kinky Boots’ that a lot of the new crop of British and Irish actors have played drag queens, or at the very least metrosexual men. I do not know if it is reflects on me, but they are amongst the actors that I look forward to seeing in films most! The likes of Cillian Murphy (Breakfast on Pluto), Ewan McGregor, Christian Bale and Jonathon Reyes Meyers (all Velvet Goldmine) are amongst the best actors around and have all glammed up. Add now to the list another of my favourite current actors as Chiwetel Ejiofor dons a pair of ‘two foot tubular sex’ red boots as Lola! ‘Kinky Boots’ is based on a real life story of a shoe ...  Read the complete review

If you think of successful uplifting British film from recent years you might think 'The Full Monty', 'Billy Elliot' or 'Calendar Girls', but 'Kinky Boots'? Maybe it's just because of the title (doesn't sound very British does it?), but it didn't really hit the big time like these, but after watching it, then starting all over and watching it again I enjoyed it every but as much as likes of 'Billy Elliot' etc. Based on a true story, 'Kinky Boots' tells the story of Charlie, a factory owner from Northampton who has just taken over the debt ridden business from his recently deceased father. Clueless to how the businesses works, he discovers just how much ...  Read the complete review

This film is set in a family-run Northampton shoe factory, inherited by son Charlie after his dad dies. Unfortunately the business is going down the pan, and to corner a niche market Charlie decides to make women's shoes and boots for men (i.e. transvestites, drag queens etc.). There are also sub plots which address the issues of transgendered people in society and Charlie's relationship with his fiancee. My first impression of this film was that it was a realistic, well-made Brit flick. The acting was of great quality throughout, and I couldn't tell at all that a lot of the extras were genuine workers in the shoe factory used for filming. Chiwetel Ejiofor ...  Read the complete review

| FILM ONLY REVIEW | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kinky Boots is a British comedy/drama movie which was released on October 7th 2005. The film was directed by Julian Jarrold whom also directed Becoming Jane in 2007. The film was written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth, and the plot for the film was inspired by the true story of a Traditional English men's shoe factory in Northampton which started producing shoes and boots for transvestites in order to keep the business thriving and in order to maintain the jobs for the local community. Kinky Boots has a BBFC rating of 12 due to some sexual content and bad language. The film has an average run time of approximately 107 ...  Read the complete review