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Kinky Boots

2005 · 107 min

A warm, funny, and heartfelt underdog story about acceptance and community, with a lively drag cabaret finale.

Directed by: Julian Jarrold
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music
Starring: Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sarah-Jane Potts

Tagline: How far would you go to save the family business?
Overview: Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer Lola and everything changes.

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Directed by: Julian Jarrold
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music
Starring: Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sarah-Jane Potts

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Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
found family
family
work
friendship
Places: small town
workplace
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	7
Romance	4
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: comedy, drama, music
Directed by: Julian Jarrold
Written by: Geoff Deane, Tim Firth
Starring: Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sarah-Jane Potts, Nick Frost, Linda Bassett, Jemima Rooper, Robert Pugh, Ewan Hooper
Music: Adrian Johnston
Cinematography: Eigil Bryld
Runtime: 107 min
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Languages: English, Italian

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