Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2279 in DVD
• Released on: 2009-05-18
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 93 minutes

Synopsis
When Timothy is cast as Puck in a high-school production of A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, he takes the role to heart--using the text to concoct a love potion he uses to turn his conservative town gay! How will they deal with their sudden transformations, especially the school jock (Timothy's secret love)? This invigorating musical is bursting with Broadway-quality songs and the kind of role reversals that would make Shakespeare proud.

Customer Reviews

"If you could make someone love you, would you?"
Timothy (Tanner Cohen) is a senior in an all-boys prep school, where he is tormented by all the jocks, one of whom he has a crush on. He lives in a small town; his mother is struggling with the idea of her son's attractions; but he has the support of two unconventional best friends. Sound familiar? It should, since this describes the generic coming-out story to which we are overly-accustomed by now. Five minutes into the film, however, Timothy bursts into song - in the vein of 'High School Musical', we are entering different territory...

The school's controversial English teacher (exquisitely played by Wendy Robie) is putting on a production of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' - compulsory for all the senior students. Cast in the role of Puck amidst an unwilling troupe of rugby players, Timothy stumbles upon a love potion and administers it to all the actors in the play. The erstwhile-'straight' object of his affections, Jonathon, becomes his devoted love-slave, the formerly-homophobic athletes are in one another's arms, and suddenly half the town is filled with unlikely same-gender cravings. While Timothy is delighted to be no longer the outsider, inevitably fissures start to appear in his fantasy when the love potion causes trouble between his two best friends, and his mother almost loses her job. But is he willing to reverse the magic and, in the process, lose Jonathon?

Various sub-plots abound; none of which deviate from the standard coming-out script. Nevertheless, the unique touch of the film - the musical genre mixed with a little fantasy - proves highly engaging. Nothing earth-shattering here, just strong entertainment and tremendous good fun; bound to be a crowd-pleaser.

DVD extras include the short film, 'Fairies' (25 minutes) on which the feature-length film was based (also directed by Tom Gustafson).

Fresh, original, dazzling movie musical!
Were The World Mine takes a real risk by offering the gay cinema vault something truly original and unique - and pulls it off in spades! The critically acclaimed film follows the achingly cute Timothy as he is cast as the lead in his school's production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and stumbles upon a love potion that can make complete strangers fall in love. The whimsical and sweet-natured plot is puntuated with powerful musical performances that add a real edge and originality to proceedings and the talented cast rise to the many challenges with verve.

Already a huge hit at film festivals across the world, Were The World Mine is an edgier take on the popular High School Musical offerings and brings something totally new to gay cinema and the musical genre! Highly recommended.

An unexpected delight
I wasn't expecting too much from this film, so many non-sexual gay films are poorly written and very poorly acted (though there are exceptions), so i bought this half thinking it would be something i could sell on quickly if i didnt like, but to my surprise its going to stay in my DVD collection for years to come. A well acted, romantic, fun story, meshed between a sort of gay high school musical and A Midsummer Nights Dream, with a cute as hell male lead, some strong support from the older 'adult' cast members and at least a couple of catchy songs, its an enjoyable 90 minutes or so. Buy this, you wont be disappointed.