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What might save “Kinky Boots” from total obscurity is the prolific yet often ignored actor Chiwetel Ejiofor. Ejiofor has been critically acclaimed for his work in “Dirty Pretty Things,” but then relatively unnoticed for his work in “Love Actually,” and recently, “Inside Man.” As Lola, born Simon, he not only convincingly portrays a person struggling with his identity and the discrimination of others, but also, shines as a cabaret singer and ultimate performer...
...wrapped up in this job," she says. "I don't want to lose myself. I want to keep centered and remember to listen to what I really want." - By Mimi Murphy Sitting in a London bar, his black leather jacket rubbing up against the brown leather couch, Chiwetel Ejiofor casts a potent spell. But don't look at his hands. Because right now, the 27-year-old actor has hands like a girl - 2-cm-long nails brightly buffed and filed to an elegant curve. Ejiofor has just come from rehearsals for his latest project, The Kinky Boot Factory...
...movie clicks, however, because it doesn't italicize the atrocities; it knows not only that wickedness abounds but also that smart people can use it as well as be abused by it. Inside the sharp social commentary is an appealing love story between an African doctor (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and a Turkish maid (Amelie's Audrey Tautou). And as the hotel's night manager--the film's designated devil--Sergi Lopez is the most genial of miscreants. Committing each sin with a smile, he assures that the lives of his staff will remain an agony until ... "Until the world improves...
...screening, the anti-U.S. segments were booed; at another they were cheered. All right, every movie is propaganda - for the director's political, emotional or social program. Dirty Pretty Things, for example, could be called an expos? of the inhuman conditions forced on an African doctor (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a Turkish woman (Amélie's Audrey Tautou) and other immigrants working in a London hotel. The movie clicks, however, because Steven Knight's script tucks sharply observed commentary into an appealing love story. Phillip Noyce's stylish The Quiet American, based on the 1954 Graham Greene novel, uncovers early...