Kinky Boots is a 2005 comedy film written by Geoff Deane and Tim Firth, about a traditional Northampton shoemaker, based in Earls Barton, who turns to producing fetishism footwear in order to save the failing family business and the jobs of his workers. The film is based on the story of Divine, which was featured in an episode of the BBC documentary series Trouble at the Top.
Charlie Price (Joel Edgerton) is trying to save the family business and travels to London to get ideas. In a chance encounter he meets sassy drag queen performer Lola (Chiwetel Ejiofor), the alter ego of Simon, and sees the possible market of shoes for male transvestites. With the styling eye of Lola, Charlie leads the traditional shoe factory to design and produce numerous shoes for the catwalk in Milan, Italy.
The film received average to poor reviews on release, with critics decrying the "formulaic britcom plot." Top critics selected by Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a combined rating of 50% based on 32 reviews.
The film earned a total of $9,941,428 internationally.
Ejiofor was nominated for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical by the Hollywood Foreign Press which gives out the Golden Globes.
A Broadway musical
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