UpstageMagazine.com – by Kam Williams
The British seem to have a knack for turning a naughty theme into a flamboyant, feel-good film that’s fun for the whole family. Such is the case with Kinky Boots, a heartwarming tale about the unlikely friendship forged between a black drag queen and the recently-engaged heir to a shoe factory fortune.
Joel Edgerton stars as Charlie Price, a man reluctant to assume the reins of the fledgling family business because of his fiancee’s (Jemima Looper) impatience to live in London. Then, when he examines the books, he learns that the company is in the red. With a wave of layoffs and possibly bankruptcy on the horizon, Charlie refuses to abandon his loyal, long-time employees out of a sense of noblesse oblige.