
Gay high schooler Timothy receives confusing signals from his rugby player crush. In the way of their love: a homophobic rugby team. But when the rugby team is all cast in the school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, supporting Timothy as the lead, Timothy discovers magic in the pages that allows him to make people fall in love with others of the same sex - and the town is never the same.... (Full plot summary below)
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Gay high schooler Timothy receives confusing signals from his rugby player crush. In the way of their love: a homophobic rugby team. But when the rugby team is all cast in the school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, supporting Timothy as the lead, Timothy discovers magic in the pages that allows him to make people fall in love with others of the same sex - and the town is never the same.
Leave your thoughts about Were the World Mine.
| Film ThreatPhil HallWhat could have been a charming and original endeavor becomes tacky and silly. |
| New York TimesStephen HoldenWere the World Mine, an indie alternative to Disney's High School Musical franchise, is a small, endearing film. |
| San Francisco ChronicleReyhan HarmanciWere the World Mine follows the teen musical formula but renders its material with admirable lushness and intelligence. |
| Seattle TimesMoira MacDonaldWere the World Mine gets by on sheer charm -- and on Gustafson's inventive direction, Kira Kelly's elegant cinematography and co-screenwriter Cory James Krueckeberg's whimsical production design, which works wonders on a limited budget. |
| Playback:stlSarah BoslaughWere the World Mine is a charming picture with a very simple message: be who you are, let others be who they are, and we can all be happy. In fact, we might even be fabulous. |
| Boxoffice MagazineTim CogshellSo sincere, so earnest in it's desire that everything work out for the best for everyone, that one cannot help but give in to its earnestness and decide to like it, if not love it, despite its few failings. |
| Washington PostMike MayoEditorial Review Writer-producer-director Tom Gustafson's musical fantasy Were the World Mine, based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, is mostly delightful. |
| Miami HeraldRene RodriguezThe movie takes the familiar scenarios of high school angst and adolescent crushes and gives them a wonderful musical spin, complete with elaborate sets and choreography. |
| Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberThis picture dares to summon the spirit of the Bard as well as the ghost of Arthur Freed and succeeds as a rousing, warm-hearted spectacle. |
| New York PostLou LumenickAn ambitious gay musical fantasy inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream, Tom Gustafson's Were the World Mine is far better in concept than execution. The shoestring budget hurts. |