88
Wildly witty, but also inventive, audacious and poignant.
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88
Baltimore Sun by Chris Kaltenbach
This is Mitchell's show, and his performance lives up to his triple billing as writer, director and star.
88
If you thought ''Moulin Rouge,'' or, for that matter, ''Tommy,'' was trippy, Hedwig, with its glorious convergence of material and performer, will show you what you've been missing.
100
Portland Oregonian by Kim Morgan
Builds into a moment of such gorgeous rocking that you truly lose yourself in some musical otherworld you never dreamed you'd reach in current films.
88
It's a positive hat trick by John Cameron Mitchell.
67
Austin Chronicle by Marjorie Baumgarten
A screen spectacle that beseeches its audience for adoration and mass acceptance.
90
Rolling Stone by Peter Travers
Mitchell gives this post-punk, neo-glam rock extravaganza everything in his loaded arsenal of talents. He gets the sound right, the look right, the fun right and - this is crucial - the pain right.
75
Miami Herald by Rene Rodriguez
There's a lot more at work in this raucously entertaining movie than cross-dressing clichés.
75
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
There's some kind of pulse of sincerity beating below the glittering surface, and it may come from Mitchell's own life story.
100
The sight of Hedwig and his band transforming a trashy trailer into a glitter-rock stage during "Wig in a Box" was so exhilarating I almost leapt out of my seat. The movie is pure theater, as it should be.