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The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Man…I would use that flower over. And over. And over.Okay. Now that's, well, over, I must say: what a fantastically romantic, musical and powerful movie Were the World Mine was. And this is coming from someone who barely likes musicals (to date and prior to this movie, I've only really took to Chicago, The Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz) or Shakespeare.Yeah, I'm really not into the so-called master Shakespeare's plays/movie adaptations. But a friend of mine convinced me to finally view this "love story" and boy I'm glad I did. It's the best gay-themed movie (or musical) I've seen in years.Sports jock Timothy (Cohen, who apparently runs his own band in real life – The Guts) is influenced by his – AWESOME! (Sorry, gay-moment there) – teacher (Robie) to try out for one of the "fairies" in the school's adaptation of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" despite the backlash he'll have from his stereotypical and homophobic teammates. He joins with the boy of his dreams and learns a lot along the way…such as the love potion #9 of sorts.Meanwhile there are some subplots that are not 100% relevant, but entertaining nonetheless. Such as Timothy's mother's new door-to-door career which includes homophobia and more gay bashing across the town.I asked a straight friend of mine that I have regular "straight talks" with to hear the other side of the fence's POV about how rampant homophobia still is. He told me, without hesitation, that it was still out there and strong. This is both sad and depressing. I was overwhelmed in this movie on how MUCH they portrayed gay-bashing and thought that since I rarely see/hear it, that it was actually unrealistic in the film and it's actually going away. So naïve!I hate hate. And I could not belong to any group that consistently ragged on any creed, sexuality, color, race, or ANY group of people. So, I guess I've sheltered myself from the prejudices that not only still exist but are actually encouraged. Ouch.Well, I'm not going to downgrade this movie. If anything, I'll praise it for being a duel fantasy and realistic film. It gives you a nice romantic and fantastic journey through a real life setting using musical segments that are never unrealistic. Much like Chicago, there were reasons behind the "Break out and Dance, Everyone!" sequences. And those musicals are the only ones I like.Okay, as I've mentioned, I am NOT a Shakespeare fan. I won't knock him or his writing – who am I, anyways? – but that said, I'm not familiar with the basic plot of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" though I knew it existed. I found it rather strange that some mystical "happenings" occurred towards the very end of this film, Were the World Mine, such as the aforementioned flower that I would use over and over. Apparently this magical love-dipped flower casts spells to make love happen despite sex and sexuality. Timothy uses, or abuses, this power, with some humorous side-effects and the only cure can be in, well, the climax. Thanks, teach.Though this is really…REALLY…geared to gay audiences, I would highly recommend this extremely light-hearted and wonderfully choreographed film with great songs/music to all audiences. I had very few gripes and one involved the f-bomb in the closing that, to me, was completely unnecessary. This could've easily be PG and left to a broader audience. Nevertheless, if you can get past that (or bleep it for some audiences), this is really for all ages.

Despite a great deal of male-to-male affection (bare-chested hugging, kissing, and cuddling), "Were the World Mine" is overloaded with bigots. What's worse is, they win out! This 'fantasy' for open-minded audiences doesn't really have a happy ending at all...in fact, this is the least progressive gay-themed film in a good while. Handsome prep school lad, about to perform in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" along with his classmates, is aided by his music teacher in coming up with an elixir which can turn heterosexuals gay. This naturally leads to confusion and anger when the newfound gays and lesbians (acting like horny pod people) descent upon the straights, begging for their returned affections. An ambitious, colorful production sense (with beautifully scored musical interludes) captivates the attention for a spell; however, the third act (switching the gays back to their hateful hetero selves) doesn't exactly inspire the quirky sweetness director and co-screenwriter Tom Gustafson was probably aiming for. *1/2 from ****

Usually I resent anything that stereotypes homosexuals. I resent it even more when gays stereotype gays. As gay as this movie definitely is (fairies... guys wearing wings... rugby players doing pirouettes), I am -surprisingly enough- completely enamored with it. I am glad that I watched it, then watched it again, and... watched it again.There is something about this movie that moves past being just a story about fairies - literal and otherwise. Cohen has a strong and beautiful voice. Both he and Becker play their characters way beyond stereotypes. It didn't hurt to have them both be such total hot-ties, either.It's really too bad that so many people will be put-off by anything to do with same sex relationships. (BTW: this movie is about more than just that.) They are missing a film that inspires the audience to have the courage to be oneself and the courage to let go of what you love, because of that love, at the risk of losing it. -- 12/08/09 Before Puck (Cohen) sings "Sleep Sound" there is a brief moment when the viewer sees Cole's mother obviously disgruntled by her son's apparent homosexuality. She breaks into a gargantuan smile when Cole return to his heterosexual self. Many gays and lesbians live their entire life knowing that, when all is said and done, our parent's continue to feel that we have failed them by not (at least) pretending to be heterosexuals. When it comes to sexuality, it is not uncommon to find our parent's and our friends' love to be very conditional.

Timothy (Tanner Cohen) is a rugby player in school and openly gay. The other guys treat him like dirt. Then he's cast as Puck in the school's production of "A Midsummer's Night Dream". He finds a flower that makes the person he squirts it at fall in love magically with the first person they see. He starts off by making the whole rugby team AND the coach fall in love with other men...but things quickly get out of hand. Oh yes--and there are musical numbers! Now I DO applaud what this film is doing--updating (kind of) Shakespeare's play but I didn't like it. For starters Cohen isn't exactly a good actor. He seems too nervous--but he sings beautifully. The humor here also seems too forced--I think I smiled once. The plot also derails more than once and things stop making sense. However, seeing young men openly kissing and making out was hot and very romantic, the musical numbers were great and (Cohen aside) the acting was perfect. Still I was bored and annoyed more than once. It's message is great (accept people for who they are) but the execution is clumsy. I can only give this a 6.