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DVD
Wolfe
Publisher: Wolfe Video
Tom Gustafson
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Actors: Tanner Cohen, Wendy Robie, Judy McLane, Zelda Williams, Jill Larson
WERE THE WORLD MINE - ALTERNATE COVER ART (DVD MOVIE)
Studio: Wolfe Video Release Date: 06/09/2009 Run time: 95 minutes
In Were the World Mine, the lovelorn lunacy of A Midsummer Night’s Dream spreads through an all-boys school and the town beyond when the gay boy playing Puck discovers a love potion just like that of the play. Timothy (Tanner Cohen) resists being cast as the fairy, but the mystical drama teacher Ms. Tebbit (Wendy Robie, Twin Peaks) persists because of his lovely singing voice. The words of Shakespeare seize upon Timothy’s mind and lead him to create a love potion--which he uses to capture the heart of the school’s star rugby player, but also to make everyone see the world through his eyes. Soon the rugby coach is pursuing the school principal, the principal’s wife swoons for Timothy’s mother, and the school jocks are prancing around like ballerinas. Were the World Mine is punctuated here and there with techno ballads and languorous, glittery fantasies, but it’s not exactly a musical--the songs are only vaguely woven into the story, and just when the action should accelerate everything turns a bit ponderous. Nonetheless there’s a great deal of charm (and half-dressed young men) to be found in Were the World Mine. The contrast between the kitchen-sink realism of Timothy’s real life and his LaChapelle-esque daydreams gives the movie an engaging dynamic. The cast is attractive and likable, particularly Zelda Williams as a bohemian friend of Timothy’s and Judy McLane as his mother. --Bret Fetzer
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| Love this movie!!! |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I first saw this movie on tv. After seeing it i just had to have it!!! i loved it so much.
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| can't get enough |
| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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i love this movie! watched it more than a dozen times and looking forward to the next dozen! Tanner Cohen and Nathaniel David Becker are wonderful!
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| More music please... |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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I liked this movie...however...I was a bit disappointed in the musical numbers and the romance of the two characters. I'd have liked to have seen a bit more. This film claims to put other musicals to shame...but honestly there were barley any musical numbers at all and what they did have seemed incomplete. Here is yet another gay-themed movie that falls short of being great. But considering what "we" have out there to see this movie is good enough. And a word to str8 actors in gay-themed films...STOP being afraid of "the kiss" if you're truly a good actor you can "act" like you're enjoying kissing another dude. The smooches in the movie are completely lame and as in many other movies of this genre it falls short of being real.
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| *facepalm* |
| Customer Rating: 2 out of 5 |
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When I saw the videos for "Were the World Mine" on Youtube I knew that I HAD to see it. I am hopelessly addicted to musical movies so I was so looking forward to watching/owning this movie... I was disappointed.
The movie was... I don't know what adjective to use there that wouldn't be needlessly harsh so... passable. It was also so stereotypical in the portrayal of gay people that I was near offended. Why, when turned to the inclination of preferring the same sex, did everyone begin to dance and sing? I get that it is a musical and therefore dancing and singing but it just became so... "FABULOUS"!!! Like, "we're gay now so I'm done playing rugby and I'm going to join musical theatre!" Why? Were they secretly into musical theater before? Then show that they were! I like my comedy to be FUNNY, not a slap in the face.
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| Didn't quite spin as a Musical |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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OK are we making a musical here??? Let's have some music numbers!!! I liked the musical idea and feel of the movie; however I really thought there were not enough musical moments and the moments there were, were obviously dubbed. I felt there was too much dialogue to spin as a musical and I found the superfluous background music more of an annoyance then anything. I would have liked to have seen character development through song instead of bland dialogue and I would have appreciated a more dramatic feel to the story instead of ridiculous antics of a bunch of newbie queers chasing each other. I loved the look of the movie (semi fantasy), I liked the teenage love story, I thought the tryout duet and some of the more dramatic musical numbers were beautiful and there was plenty of Eye Candy, I just felt the movie came up a bit short to spin as a musical or a serious work.
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