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Were the World Mine (2008)

Were the World Mine poster
Directed by
Tom Gustafson
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, musical film, romantic comedy, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
12
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 98 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A gay teenager uses a magical flower to make everyone around him fall in love with him. The film is a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream set in a modern high school.

whimsicalromanticupbeatmusicaldreamlikeempoweringplayfulhopefulcampy

What happens

Were the World Mine is a 2008 romantic musical fantasy film directed by Tom Gustafson, written by Gustafson and Cory James Krueckeberg, and starring Tanner Cohen, Wendy Robie, Judy McLane, Zelda Williams, Jill Larson, Ricky Goldman, Nathaniel David Becker, Christian Stolte, and David Darlow. The film is a story of gay empowerment, inspired by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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