FantasyRomance

Were the World Mine

- a musical dream come true

If you had a love-potion, who would you make fall madly in love with you? Timothy, prone to escaping his dismal high school reality through dazzling musical daydreams, gets to answer that question in a very real way. After his eccentric teacher casts him as Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream, he stumbles upon a recipe hidden within the script to create the play's magical, purple love-pansy.

Release Date : 2008-06-24

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Speak Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Timothy

Original Name : Tanner Cohen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Donna

Original Name : Judy McLane

Gender : Male

Character Name : Frankie

Original Name : Zelda Williams

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Tebbit

Original Name : Wendy Robie

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nora Bellinger

Original Name : Jill Larson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Max

Original Name : Ricky Goldman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jonathon

Original Name : Nathaniel David Becker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Coach Driskill

Original Name : Christian Stolte

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Lawrence Bellinger

Original Name : David Darlow

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cooper

Original Name : Parker Croft

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cole

Original Name : Brad Bukauskas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Russ

Original Name : Reid Dawson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Taylor

Original Name : Alexander Aguilar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bradley

Original Name : Yoni Solomon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Becky

Original Name : Colleen Skemp

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dancer (as Kenneth Gasch)

Original Name : Ken Gasch

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-03-28

Tanner Cohen reminded me of Adam Lambert (whom I'd love to see actually play "Puck") in this over-the-top but enjoyable musical spin on Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". I'll admit at the start I sighed and thought - no, not another gay teen angst movie, but no - he is a put-upon gay lad at school who happens upon a magical spell that makes every other boy at the school fall in love (or lust, at any rate) with other boys - and he gets one for himself, of course. Soon, just about the entire town are captured in his web of mischief. Anyone who has read the play will appreciate that "Puck" is one of the best comic characters in English literature, and Cohen does a better than decent job at marrying the frustrations and naughtiness of the fairy into a 21st century environment. Wendy Robie is also good as the drama teacher with a little extra bit of magic to her. It suffers a little from being a smidge too theatrical without the lighting budget to support it; and the singing isn't magnificent - but all in all, a courageous effort from Tom Gustafson to tackle quite a tough project. Well worth a watch - but to get the best, it needs concentration.