‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ Review: A Glitzy Baby Drag Queen Musical for the Fans

Everybody’s talking about Jamie, and with good reason.

For one thing, he’s gorgeous.

For another, he’s totally magnetic.

The third reason, which ostensibly gives the movie its title, is that 16-year-old Jamie wants to be a drag queen.

“Everybody’s Talking About Jamie,” a glitzy movie musical based on the West End hit, gives only a passing glance of Jamie’s actual drag performance, but this is plenty entertaining.

Following on the heels of “The Prom,” which debuted its movie version late last year to mixed reviews, “Jamie” is a glittering addition to the fast-growing sub-genre of the queer teen musical.

Finally, musicals are playing to their audiences.Set in the Yorkshire town of Sheffield, England, “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” revolves around aspiring teen drag queen Jamie (Max Harwood).

Though he’s comfortably out at his stuffy high school, he still incurs the wrath of the occasional bully

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