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Were the World Mine Reviews
It's a Very Special Episode, not a Shakespearean comedy.
| Aug 14, 2020
What could have been a charming and original endeavor becomes tacky and silly.
Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | May 16, 2009
The songs are bright and beautifully sung, the cast's naturalism works against the surreality of the concept, and ultimately, the pieces fit together like a dream.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 13, 2009
All teen comedies would be this divine were the world Gustafson's.
| Original Score: 4/4 | Feb 13, 2009
Were 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.
| Original Score: 7/10 | Feb 9, 2009
Were 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.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 29, 2009
Were the World Mine is an independent film that succeeds through the excellent work of a cast and crew whose imagination compensates for budgetary constraints.
| Original Score: B- | Jan 29, 2009
Tom Gustafson's musical fantasia is the gay indie of the year.
| Dec 21, 2008
Were the World Mine is seriously uneven. If it displays considerable imagination and creativity, it also lapses too often into smug, campy silliness.
| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Dec 12, 2008
Editorial 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.
| Dec 12, 2008
A diverting Chicago-made export, director and co-writer Tom Gustafson's gay fantasia on Shakespearean themes is set in a socially stratified private school ruled by the rugby jocks but about to be sent into a tizzy thanks to the magic of Shakespeare.
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 12, 2008
When the film narrows its focus from big questions addressed through overly broad strokes and instead zooms in on one-on-one interactions and the emotional power of a well-made musical sequence, it taps into a winning sweetness and poignancy.
| Dec 11, 2008
There are times when it is safe to say that a labor of love is love's labor lost, and, reader, this is one of them.
| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Dec 5, 2008
So 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.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 1, 2008
Were the World Mine follows the teen musical formula but renders its material with admirable lushness and intelligence.
| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 21, 2008
An 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.
| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 21, 2008
Were the World Mine, an indie alternative to Disney's High School Musical franchise, is a small, endearing film.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 21, 2008
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 21, 2008
| Original Score: B+ | Nov 21, 2008