Kinky Boots takes a familiar narrative and turns it into something extraordinarily queer.

| Nov 2, 2022

It's a hoot watching future Oscar-nominee Ejiofor ("12 Years a Slave") spectacularly lighting up the screen as Lola. Ejiofor singing "Whatever Lola Wants" is a rousing highlight. The actor manages the character nuances magnificently.

| Original Score: B- | Jun 7, 2022

The sort of pleasant trifle that the Brits used to do often and do fairly well.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 4, 2022

While Edgerton and Potts both do a solid job and have terrific chemistry, Kinky Boots is a vehicle for Ejiofor to showcase his talent.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 31, 2022

In the near-future, if there was a way to download our brains into some software to find the filmic dna that makes us who we are - this one would undoubtedly feature on my list.

| Jun 28, 2021

A heartwarming and inspiring film to boot.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 13, 2020

Kinky Boots could be a real crowd-pleaser.

| May 7, 2020

A passable movie, with a certain charm, and nothing else. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Feb 15, 2020

Surely, there are only so many unlikely pursuits that everyday folk from the regions of England can be made to undertake in order to provide film fodder?

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 27, 2019

Brit comedy is more warm and quirky than kinky.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 18, 2010

The film falls short of its initially obvious dramatic goals due to the shallow depths that screenwriters Geoff Deane and Tim Firth take their characters.

| Original Score: C | Apr 19, 2009

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 20, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 7, 2008

What Kinky Boots has going for it is a terrific performance from Chiwetel Ejiofor as Lola, who serves as the emotional heart of the film.

| Jul 10, 2007

It's cheerful, predictable and far from edgy, but buoyed by a likable cast and a standout performance by the versatile Chiwetel Ejiofor.

| Feb 22, 2007

Kinky Boots stands out for 3 reasons: 1. It's inspired by a true story. 2. It's about what it really means to be a man AND the power of fabulousness. 3. It has the formidable Chiwetel Ejiofor in drag, singing!

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 31, 2007

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 30, 2006

A tepid crowd-pleasing Brit comedy/drama that offers nothing fresh.

| Original Score: D | Dec 4, 2006

...never quite as tedious as one might've expected...

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 19, 2006

Kinky Boots is so loveable and its characters so charming, it may have you forgetting how much of it is firmly rooted in stereotype and cliché.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Sep 4, 2006