Name: Everybody's Talking About Jamie
Released: 2021-9-17
Cast: Max Harwood, Richard E. Grant, Sharon Horgan, Anna Phylactic, Bianca Del Rio

Brandon Judell (Medium)

Brandon Judell

An oft-fun, intermittently moving adaptation of the West End musical, which itself is a takeoff on a doc about a high-school lad who ignored taunts from his peers and a cold-shouldering by his dad, to become a spangled drag queen with Wizard of Oz pumps.

This amiable adaptation of the West End musical, itself inspired by a British TV documentary, embraces the theatricality of its source material, then adds some bright colors and widescreen flourishes.

Everybodys Talking About Jamie is a spirited musical that aims to make you smile, and its simplicity may make it a more accessible tale for those beginning to understand who they are, or for families who wish to understand.

Remember that movie The Prom from the other year? Yeah, this is basically that, but the good version.

A glittering good time.

The choreography is awesome, and the story is uplifting, but the directing is all over the place leaving the film a fun, uneven mess.

It's rather delightful to watch something this unabashedly British. Not only that, but it's not posh or London-centric. It's full of, gasp, working-class accents and blue humor and beloved non-RADA character actors having a ball.

October 12, 2021

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London Evening Standard

Charlotte O'Sullivan

Jamie, Pritti, Hugo, Loco... These figures are designed to appeal to girls, boys and everyone in between. As such, they more than deserve to be the talk of the town.

October 8, 2021

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The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH)

Mark Meszoros

Everybody's Talking About Jamie isn't an undeniably brilliant musical. However, it is as enjoyable and as impactful as it is - especially in key moments - in no small thanks to Harwood, who has a certain magnetism on screen.

The movie's secret weapon is come-from-nowhere Harwood as Jamie, in literally his first screen role.

October 1, 2021

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Everybody's Talking About Jamie

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