Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Ejiofor portrayal of Lola is as bold, as it is classic. Underated film, with an excellent full cast.

Charles Price (Joel Edgerton) learned the family men's shoe business from his father in the four generations Northampton business. Charles and his girlfriend Nicola (Jemima Rooper) are moving to London when his father passes away. He is forced to take over and discovers the business is going under. On one drunken night, he tries to come to the rescue of drag queen Lola (Chiwetel Ejiofor). He rehires worker Lauren (Sarah-Jane Potts) and takes on Lola as a designer for a new line of shoes for cross-dressing men. Workers like Don (Nick Frost) are bitter about the new work and their new co-worker Lola.Chiwetel Ejiofor is wonderful. Joel Edgerton is a bit too bland. I would rather have him be a conservative guy rather than a middle of the road character. Everybody is solid. The movie seems to be ginning up some conservative backlash in the workers. It feels out of date. The money issue would be the more compelling drama. This is a functional feel-good movie with a couple of great heart-warming moments.

Kinky boots is a movie about hope, inspiration, accepting that is sometimes hard to accept. Watching this in 2014 just makes me think how many incredible movies do not really make it to big screen. The movie is one of the best works of both Chiwetel Ejiofor and Joel Edgerton. The song selection is just one of the best. 70s was the best time ever I think for pop and many other music genre. I am just thankful to Netflix for taking this movie else a good movie would have slipped by me.If you have not watched this one yet, you are missing a great feel good feel movie. Go rent it, stream it whatever you need to do, but watch it.10/10 for making my evening better!

This quirky little film would be entirely enjoyable on its own. The story of the man who was not adept at his family business inheriting and saving the day with the assistance of the transvestite/drag queen, and winning the girl would be enough to satisfy the most ardent movie goer.But Kinky Boots was so much more. Joel Edgerton (Smokin' Aces) as Charlie Price was super as the son who inherited the family business. Expected to sell by his partner Nicola, played ably by Jemima Rooper (The Black Dahlia), Charlie came to realize that the fate of many people was in his hands. A solution fell into his lap and with grit and determination he risked everything to save the day.As Kipling said, "If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breath a word about your loss; Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!"Charlie risked it all. He didn't lose, but he could have. I think Kipling would have rated him a man. What's more, since he risked it all for his workers, not himself, he is a great man.Chiwetel Ejiofor (Love Actually, Four Brothers, Children of Men) was Lola, who really made this film. He/she was brilliant as the creative genius behind the Kinky Boots factory. Lola was also a multi-faceted character that changed minds and hearts. Besides that, she could sing!Sarah-Jane Potts (National Lampoons Barely Legal, Felicity) was Lauren, the real prize for Charlie.It was also interesting to see show manufacturing in the film. I doubt if there are any more in the US, so we would have to go overseas or to a movie to see it. This film was based on a true story.