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Title: An indie teen movie, for what it's worth
Review: This film has the feel that it was produced at a summer camp for the performing arts. The music and the dancing are good, but the acting seems more "indie" than polished.The dialogue is so painfully cliched at points that I found myself groaning aloud. How they got Sondheim to put in a cameo, your guess is as good as mine.The characters wear their hearts on their sleeves with the verve and angst of any "gifted" adolescent to the point if you critize the movie, you are as evil and repressive as the evil and repressive parents.It could have been better with decent music and a "tour" of some of the better musicals of recent years, but instead it is self-indulgent and awkward -- huh, just like artistic teens...I'm sure someone out there loves this movie. Watch Hedwig instead.
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