The Kinky feelgood factor

This pleasant, not very ambitious British film, apparently inspired by a true story, has a diffident young man (Joel Edgerton) taking over the reins of a failing Northampton shoe business and, with the help of a Soho drag queen (Chiwetel Ejiofor, in his second film this week), produces erotic boots for men instead of the conventional brogues.

He is spurred on by a pretty factory worker (Sarah Jane Potts) and encouraged to enter the Milan Show Fair.

It is nicely directed by Julian Jarrold along the lines of The Full Monty. But its chief distinction is the performance from Ejiofor, as an exboxer turned drag queen, which could have been embarrassing but is a thoroughly credible portrait of vulnerability allied to brashness.

If you like feelgood movies, this is one for you. It has no pretensions but a fair measure of human sympathy.

Kinky Boots
Cert: cert12A