GAY GROSSOUT
This flawed but enjoyable exercise in bad taste is already playing in New York and L.A. It opens on August 4 in San Fran, and on August 11 in Portland. Check http://www.anothergaymovie.com/ for opening dates in other cities.
Another Gay Movie
Grade: B-
Though it never seemed like there was much of a demand for it, the queer version of American Pie has arrived. The good news is that Another Gay Movie compensates for its lack of originality with endearing characters and plenty of cheap, smutty fun. But keep in mind that your enjoyment will totally depend on your threshold for raunchiness.
Here are a few images to whet your appetite: A teenage boy electrocutes his most prized appendage with a malfunctioning penis pump. A monster-hung sadist named Rodzilla takes a dump on a glass coffee table. Richard Hatch – the gay nudist tax crook who won the original Survivor – brings full frontal nudity to new lows by flashing his flaccid member. And this time there’s no CBS digital censorship to protect us.
Todd Stephens – the screenwriter behind the sensitive coming-of-age tale Edge of Seventeen – wrote and directed Another Gay Movie. The action opens on high school graduation day. Four gay friends lament the fact that they’ve never had anal sex, and vow that they’ll each do the deed before summer’s end.
Stephens clearly hopes to topple stereotypes with these characters. Nico (the hilarious Jonah Blechman) is bitchy and effeminate, but Jarod (Jonathan Chase) is a hunky baseball star and Andy (Michael Carbonaro) is a boy-next-door type who could easily pass for straight.
The supporting cast is uniformly excellent. Famed New York drag queen John “Lypsynka” Epperson is hilarious as Andy’s Mommie Dearest-esque mother, and Kids in the Hall’s Scott Thompson is a hoot as Andy’s not-so-secretly queer father. Newcomer Ashlie Atkinson delivers the juiciest and funniest performance of the bunch as a mouthy bull dyke named Muffler.
Stephens wrongly assumes at times that sex, nudity and gross out humor are enough to carry a movie. His film would benefit from a little more heartfelt humor – not just a parade of sight gags.
But Another Gay Movie is entertaining while it lasts, providing you don’t bolt for the exit when Jarod pukes on another man’s bare butt.
Also, the film leaves bottoms with a truly empowering mantra: “Real men take it up the ass.”
Grade: B-
Though it never seemed like there was much of a demand for it, the queer version of American Pie has arrived. The good news is that Another Gay Movie compensates for its lack of originality with endearing characters and plenty of cheap, smutty fun. But keep in mind that your enjoyment will totally depend on your threshold for raunchiness.
Here are a few images to whet your appetite: A teenage boy electrocutes his most prized appendage with a malfunctioning penis pump. A monster-hung sadist named Rodzilla takes a dump on a glass coffee table. Richard Hatch – the gay nudist tax crook who won the original Survivor – brings full frontal nudity to new lows by flashing his flaccid member. And this time there’s no CBS digital censorship to protect us.
Todd Stephens – the screenwriter behind the sensitive coming-of-age tale Edge of Seventeen – wrote and directed Another Gay Movie. The action opens on high school graduation day. Four gay friends lament the fact that they’ve never had anal sex, and vow that they’ll each do the deed before summer’s end.
Stephens clearly hopes to topple stereotypes with these characters. Nico (the hilarious Jonah Blechman) is bitchy and effeminate, but Jarod (Jonathan Chase) is a hunky baseball star and Andy (Michael Carbonaro) is a boy-next-door type who could easily pass for straight.
The supporting cast is uniformly excellent. Famed New York drag queen John “Lypsynka” Epperson is hilarious as Andy’s Mommie Dearest-esque mother, and Kids in the Hall’s Scott Thompson is a hoot as Andy’s not-so-secretly queer father. Newcomer Ashlie Atkinson delivers the juiciest and funniest performance of the bunch as a mouthy bull dyke named Muffler.
Stephens wrongly assumes at times that sex, nudity and gross out humor are enough to carry a movie. His film would benefit from a little more heartfelt humor – not just a parade of sight gags.
But Another Gay Movie is entertaining while it lasts, providing you don’t bolt for the exit when Jarod pukes on another man’s bare butt.
Also, the film leaves bottoms with a truly empowering mantra: “Real men take it up the ass.”
posted by Stephen @ 12:40 PM
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