Kinky Boots
- 2005 film
A shoe factory is on the verge of closing down, until the desperate owner is inspired by a drag queen to switch to making saucy footwear. Stars Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sarah Jane Potts, Jemima Rooper, Nick Frost and more.
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The kind of endearingly quirky low-budget film at which the Brits excel (think Little Voice, The Full Monty). Charlie Price (Joel Edgerton) believes his family shoe factory is doomed until a transvestite (Chiwetel Ejiofor) sashays into his life and persuades him that thigh-high stilettos are the way ahead. Ejiofor is a peerless actor; he's deeply touching here.
The Telegraph, 6th May 2010Devilishly handsome British actor-turned-Hollywood hot property Chiwetel Ejiofor scored his first Golden Globe nomination in this comfortingly formulaic Britcom - with a kinky twist.
He's Lola, a drag queen who helps turn an ailing Northampton family shoe business around when its new owner spots a gap in the market for male transvestite footwear.
Larushka Ivan-Zadeh, Metro, 6th May 2010