Were the World Mine

2008

1h 37m

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6.2/10

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If you had a love-potion, who would you make fall madly in love with you? Timothy, prone to escaping his dismal high school reality through dazzling musical daydreams, gets to answer that question in a very real way. After his eccentric teacher casts him as Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, he stumbles upon a recipe hidden within the script to create the play's magical, purple love-pansy.

Directors

Tom Gustafson

Writers

Tom Gustafson(writer by)

Cory Krueckeberg(writer by)

Stars

Tanner Cohen

Judy McLane

Zelda Williams

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Timothy

Donna

Frankie

Mrs. Tebbit

Nora Bellinger

Max

Nathaniel David Becker

Jonathon

Christian Stolte

Coach Driskill

David Darlow

Dr. Lawrence Bellinger

Cooper

Cole

Russ

Taylor

Bradley

Becky

Dancer (as Kenneth Gasch)

Directors

Tom Gustafson

Writers

Tom Gustafson(writer by)

Cory Krueckeberg(writer by)

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7/10

Tanner Cohen reminded me of Adam Lambert (whom I'd love to see actually play "Puck") in this over-the-top but enjoyable musical spin on Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". I'll admit at the start I sighed and thought - no, not another gay teen angst movie, but no - he is a put-upon gay lad at school who happens upon a magical spell that makes every other boy at the school fall in love (or lust, at any rate) with other boys - and he gets one for himself, of course. Soon, just about the entire town are captured in his web of mischief. Anyone who has read the play will appreciate that "Puck" is one of the best comic characters in English literature, and Cohen does a better than decent job at marrying the frustrations and naughtiness of the fairy into a 21st century environment. Wendy Robie is also good as the drama teacher with a little extra bit of magic to her. It suffers a little from being a smidge too theatrical without the lighting budget to support it; and the singing isn't magnificent - but all in all, a courageous effort from Tom Gustafson to tackle quite a tough project. Well worth a watch - but to get the best, it needs concentration.

Geronimo196728 Mar, 2022