IMDb plot summary: Feature film adaptation of the musical about a teenager from Sheffield, England who wants to be a drag queen.
Directed by Jonathan Butterell, Dan Gillespie Sells, and Tom MacRae. Starring Max Harwood, Lauren Patel, Sarah Lancashire, and Shobna Gulati.
Everybody's Talking About Jamie is a filmed version of a recent stage musical. It's about a teenage boy who decides he wants to be a drag queen and has to figure out how he can be authentically himself in a school that doesn't seem too eager to accept him. This musical took the West End by storm and became something of a cult classic, especially among young musical theater lovers, and I get why. It's deeply heartwarming to see Jamie working to find himself, especially when it is well-received, and the story does a good job of placing him in the context of LGBTQ+ history -- we see where his journey is easier than those who came before him, as well as how it is still a challenge. The songs in this don't immediately jump out to me as classics, but perhaps they just need some more listening, and they're certainly performed well by this solid cast. I also like how the film leans into the theatricality of the musical numbers, using them to really convey a feeling more than deliver expository information. I'm not totally sold on this for myself but I'm glad to have seen it, and I'm sure there are a lot of people for which this musical will deeply *matter* to them, and I think that's awesome.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Everybody's Talking About Jamie > Monsters
Everybody's Talking About Jamie < Chronicle
Everybody's Talking About Jamie > About Elly
Everybody's Talking About Jamie < The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
Everybody's Talking About Jamie > Sling Blade
Everybody's Talking About Jamie > Porco Rosso
Everybody's Talking About Jamie < Trick 'r Treat
Everybody's Talking About Jamie > The Matador
Everybody's Talking About Jamie > Monsters Vs. Aliens
Everybody's Talking About Jamie > A Little Night Music
Everybody's Talking About Jamie > Evita
Everybody's Talking About Jamie < M
Final spot: #1123 out of 3501, or 68%.
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