Were the World Mine

Were the World Mine

a musical dream come true

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.

Directed by Tom Gustafson · Written by Tom Gustafson

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