The movie stars Tad Hilgenbrink (The Hills Run Red), Brett Chukerman (Return to Innocence), Aldevina Da Silva, Pieter Van Nieuwenhuy, Chris Mulkey (Dreamland, Radio), Maxim Maes, and Colleen Cameron.
The plot revolves around an out of the closet gay teen starting a new school. And having to deal with a bully and other general bigotry of high school. The movie is set in the 80's;
The start of the movie and the choice of music did not get the movie off to a good start. The movie just comes across as dated and not at all funny. The bully was described as a neoanderthal. Thats what bullies are suspose to be. What bothes me is the bully, and most of the other characters, are one dimentional. There was no debth at all to the characters. All of the characters, with the possible exception of the younger sister, are stereotypes. That does not make for a good movie.
I dont know if this is suspose to be in the genre of Airplane. If it was suspose to it failed in every way.The blocking in the drag show was just to jumpy and the lip syncing was so off as to be a distractionl. The door bell at Hilgenbrinks hosue may of been trying to channel the spirit of Airplane, trying to be funny. It was hard to tell because there was nothing that translated to anything that resembled something that was funny.
The climax evoked no emotional responce at all. And the scene on the stairs at the school was predictable to anyone over the age of about 5 or anyone who has seen a movie before.
Im going to have to rate this movie as a D. The only part of the movie that saved it from an F was the fact that it was a movie about being accepted. That part I liked. It just failed on just about every other level. I think movie about acceptance are important to get out there but this is just not a good movie. I wish it was but it was far from being even close to be good.
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