This film is very typical of the standard British made film and in that way bears similarities to 'The Full Monty' (1997), 'Brassed Off' (1996), 'Fisherman's Friends' (2019)and 'Calendar Girl's' (2003) among others. The type that you know that you will always get a feel good ending with and in that respect they are a bit formulaic. But this particular film is a bit more joyful than most, the depressing element is subdued by the humour and calmed by the brash and vibrant nature of Lola and her singing.
Chiwetel Ejiofor is brilliant as the character of Lola and his kinky boots must be hard to fill in the stage production, but I'm not sure that Joel Edgerton was the right choice as Charlie, he doesn't look like a factory owners son from the midlands apart from his style, which is probably quite disrespectful to factory owners sons. He seems too old fashioned and not quite British enough.
Jemima Rooper always plays such awful characters that it's hard to believe she'd be nice in real life and this film is no exception.
The rest of the cast are all very good in their own small cameos as there are no stand out players.
I actually love shoes and having worn a few pair of heels myself over the years, I know that it's not easy to find a pair of size nines, so I can appreciate this story for that.
The soundtrack is fantastic and I would be very interested to see the stage musical as I can imagine that it translates very well.
737.55/1000.
Chiwetel Ejiofor is brilliant as the character of Lola and his kinky boots must be hard to fill in the stage production, but I'm not sure that Joel Edgerton was the right choice as Charlie, he doesn't look like a factory owners son from the midlands apart from his style, which is probably quite disrespectful to factory owners sons. He seems too old fashioned and not quite British enough.
Jemima Rooper always plays such awful characters that it's hard to believe she'd be nice in real life and this film is no exception.
The rest of the cast are all very good in their own small cameos as there are no stand out players.
I actually love shoes and having worn a few pair of heels myself over the years, I know that it's not easy to find a pair of size nines, so I can appreciate this story for that.
The soundtrack is fantastic and I would be very interested to see the stage musical as I can imagine that it translates very well.
737.55/1000.