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Directed by Kevin Tancharoen, (5/5).

Glee: The 3D Concert Movie was possibly the best 90 minutes of my life. As its somewhat unimaginative title suggests, the movie was not actually a feature-length Glee episode (glepisode?), but was in fact a 3D film version of the Glee stage show which recently toured, alas not making it this side of the equator. Basically, the movie consisted of stage versions of all those Glee classics, from Santana’s ode-to-Amy-Winehouse Valerie, featuring some frikkin’ fantastic dancing by Britney and Mike Chang, and the Warblers in full Dalton Academy getup, making audience members faint with their hypnotising harmonies.
 
Even if you aren’t a gleek, the movie provides a high level of entertainment simply in the form of crowd shots alone. Naturally, there were plenty of screaming teenagers, a surprising number of middle-aged men (sans children) and even a few corporate thirty-something guys who emitted a creepy cheer when Britney S. Pears came out in her bikini-esque Britney costume.
 
Now I’m not usually a big fan of this newfangled 3D technology, but seeing the Glee cast right there in front of you was quite the experience. For one thing, it made Britney’s ‘Britney’ routine that much more boobalicious. As one fellow-moviegoer noted, the 3D made it feel “like Blaine was singing directly to me”. And he was, oh yes he was.
 
The concert tracks were broken up with some interviews of audience members whose lives had truly been changed for the better by Glee. One, a self-described Cheerio and “little person” (read: dwarf), learnt through Glee to accept her short stature, and even got a date of “normal height” for her school prom. Win! Another, who was obsessed to the point of concern with Britney, uses Glee to help deal with her recently-diagnosed Asperger’s. But the gleek who stole the show was 5-ish year-old “Mini Warbler” Kellen Sarmiento (Youtube it. Now.) who performed possibly the most adorable rendition of Teenage Dream ever to pass human lips, in a miniature blazer with a tie almost as tall as himself, complete with dance moves.
 
In summary, this movie was a religious experience, and pretty much anyone with a soul will enjoy it. Guys, do not feel like you’ll be emasculated by this film: my two male companions “fucking loved it”, though they admittedly didn’t want to be named.