Were the World Mine

2008 97 min ★ 6.3 Fantasy, Romance

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.

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Cast

Tanner Cohen

Timothy

Judy McLane

Donna

Zelda Williams

Frankie

Wendy Robie

Mrs. Tebbit

Jill Larson

Nora Bellinger

Ricky Goldman

Max

Nathaniel David Becker

Jonathon

Christian Stolte

Coach Driskill

David Darlow

Dr. Lawrence Bellinger

Parker Croft

Cooper

Details

Director

Tom Gustafson

Tagline

"a musical dream come true"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Revenue

$120,000

Production

Speak Productions

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

March 28, 2022

★ 7/10

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 l...