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There's a temptation, in reviewing Gus Van Sant's new biopic Milk, to talk about the issue and not the art, the man and not the picture. To be sure, there has seldom been (in recent memory, anyway) a historical film that felt as of-the-moment as this one; its story ends thirty years ago, but it speaks so directly to the Proposition 8 vote in California less than month ago that it feels like a position paper. But that's the danger with a film like this--it's one thing to agree with the message, and another to heap unconditional praise on the messenger.

So it is a bit of a relief to report that Milk is an outstanding film, a vibrant and intelligent recreation of a very particular time and place that throbs with heart and humor and (occasionally) real anger and anguish. It's not a perfect film, to be sure, but it is a powerful one, regardless of what happened...Read the entire review

"Australia" is not a motion picture odyssey for curmudgeons or cynics. Director Baz Luhrmann is stretching for classic movie poses within a film of marathon sweep and locale, and he achieves his lofty goals with this exhaustively enchanting romantic adventure, making the obscene wait between movies (seven years!) seem all the more easy to comprehend. Luhrmann isn't desperate to rewrite the rules of cinematic spectacle with "Australia," he only wants to play in the sandbox of yesteryear's lavish big screen achievements, while drizzling on his own imaginative flourishes.

Arriving from England pre-WWII, Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) has come to sort out the troubles plaguing her sprawling Northern Australian cattle ranch, Faraway Downs. Finding her husband dead, corrupt caretakers...Read the entire review

OK, it's obvious to me now that Vince Vaughn shouldn't be let anywhere near screenplays that revolve around Christmas. Perhaps the seasonal fumes cloud his judgment, but for the second year in a row (remember "Fred Claus?") Vaughn has created a disturbingly frantic holiday comedy that runs itself ragged to achieve laughs, quickly becoming an utter annoyance. I know Vaughn can be a comic dynamo, but good heavens, keep this man away from the holidays.

A couple who refuse the shackles of marriage, Brad (Vince Vaughn) and Kate (Reese Witherspoon) are set for their annual tropical vacation for Christmas, lying to their respective families of divorce to avoid holiday get-togethers. When the airport is fogged in and the flight is canceled, the couple is busted by exposure on the loc...Read the entire review

Since James Bond is currently clogging the pop culture air, allow me this comparison: "Transporter 3" is like watching "Casino Royale" right after heartily enjoying "Moonraker" and "Octopussy." An attempt to butch the franchise back up after the thickly frosted, logic-free happenings of the last installment, "Transporter 3" actually prefers gloom and doom, thus creating a joyless machine of violence, absent the spark of delirium that made previous efforts barrels of fun.

When Frank (Jason Statham) makes a rare pass on a delivery job, his recommendation for a replacement is quickly killed by villain Johnson (Robert Knepper, "Prison Break") when results are not met to satisfaction. This forces Frank back into play, now with a bomb strapped to his wrist triggered if he steps mor...Read the entire review

If you are a teenage girl, in love with the romance genre, then Twilight is your Citizen Kane. Not since Stanley Kubrick locked Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise in a room together for hours and hours in Eyes Wide Shut have we seen more screen time devoted to the relationship of just two people.

Based on the best selling novel by Stephanie Meyer, Twilight tells the story of the deep attraction and constantly unconsummated relationship between two high school students, Bella and Edward. These two star crossed lovers would have little standing in their way were it not for the unavoidable fact that Edward is a vampire.

This conflict, "Will he lover her or will he eat her?" is the core of Twilight, everything else feels tacked on to fill out the movie. On paper this makes Twilight a fairly superficial and thin fil...Read the entire review

It's hard not to feel an attack of the yawns with "I Can't Think Straight." After all, it's a fairly routine story of newfound lesbian rapture told with draggy melodrama and general overemphasis. However, the film is cast well with striking actresses Lisa Ray and Sheetal Sheth, who provide some needed emotional buoyancy to an otherwise unsuccessful attempt to merge hazardous sexual identity with turbulent world politics.

Celebrating her fourth marital engagement, indecisive Tala (Lisa Ray, "Water") is growing concerned with a dreary life of compromise and expectation ahead of her. Meeting timid writer Leyla (Sheetal Sheth, "Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World") through her family, Tala's senses are opened, and a strong attraction grows between the women as they bond over sh...Read the entire review

Emerging from Disney's wounded in-house animation arm, "Bolt" is as routinely arranged a tale as the Mouse House is capable of telling. However, the lack of screenwriting imagination is offset by the inherent charm of the picture, resulting in a pleasing arrangement of CG-animated action set-pieces and slapstick comedy to push "Bolt" beyond the repetitive family film norm.

Bolt (voiced by John Travolta in a winningly playful performance) is a Hollywood canine action star, only he doesn't know it. As the lead in a hit television series, Bolt spends his day defending "his person" Penny (Miley Cyrus) from a stream of bad guys with his heat vision, karate-chops, and super bark. Accidentally separated from the show, Bolt finds himself shipped to New York City, making it his mission...Read the entire review

Perhaps the least likely event movie in the history of cinema, "Twilight," after a full year of fire-stoking from fangirls of all ages and lung capacity, finally hits screens to greet its adoring followers, leaving the uninitiated on the outside looking in. However, that's a great place to be when it comes to this impossibly sloppy, incoherent motion picture; the outside leaves plenty of leg room to run screaming from Catherine Hardwicke and her absolute inability to direct a stirring motion picture.

Moving from Phoenix to remote Forks, Washington, Bella (Kristen Stewart, "The Messengers") has quickly found a focal point for her high school awkwardness: Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson, "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire"). A pasty loner with severe social issues, Edward is ...Read the entire review

Rarely has a film of such visual and narrative confidence come along quite like "Slumdog Millionaire." Director Danny Boyle's adaptation of the Vikas Swarup novel "Q and A" is a searing portrait of the human spirit, crafted with such harrowing scenes of peril and heart-wrenching effusion, it's impossible to take your eyes off the screen. It's a classic story of adversity told with outstanding passion and visual agility, and while it's housed in a bleak setting populated with some truly vile characters, it's almost guaranteed to soothe any viewer with a soft spot for beautifully sculpted contrivance.

Having found his way to the hot seat on the Indian version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?," young Jamal (Dev Patel) is quickly approaching the top prize, having defied all the ...Read the entire review

The documentary "We Are Wizards" opens with activist Carol Matriciana speaking candidly about the effect of the "Harry Potter" series on the malleable brains of children today. The outspoken woman believes "Potter" is a gateway drug to the occult, polluting the minds of the masses that have unknowingly opened themselves up to demonic suggestion, with younger devotees practically handing their future over to Satan with every passing chapter. If you take the remainder of this documentary to heart, it turns out "Harry Potter" might not be quite the harbinger of doom Matriciana would like to believe.

"Wizards" drops the viewer into the world of "Potter" fandom, where all things Hogwarts are treasured dearly by this subculture, who not only appreciate the brand, but hope to live fo...Read the entire review

The James Bond franchise isn't known for its employment of top-tier action directors, but the series has made it this far with an agreeable roster of journeymen filmmakers. What I fail to understand is the hiring of Marc Forster to helm the 22nd installment, "Quantum of Solace." Did I miss the kinetic mayhem of "Monster's Ball?" The sexual electricity of "Finding Neverland?" The searing emotional complexity of "Stranger Than Fiction?" It floors me that Forster was even allowed to say the name James Bond in public, much less call the shots on this, one of the superspy's lousiest outings. Yeah, yeah, I know: he's good with actors. Well, good with actors with a terrible eye for action in a Bond film is a cocktail to be shaken, stirred, and immediately spit out.

After the suicide ...Read the entire review

After all the damage Madonna has inflicted on the world with her acting, it's amazing anyone would allow her the chance to actually direct a motion picture. The upside of "Filth and Wisdom" is that Madonna doesn't make an appearance onscreen. That's a huge upside. The downside is that "Filth" is under Madonna's complete artistic control. She might be music royalty with a striking career of pop culture achievements, but she's just not meant for big screen glory.

An aspiring singer, T.K. (Eugene Hutz, "Everything Is Illuminated") moonlights as a cross-dressing dominatrix by day to pay the bills. With his roommates Holly (Holly Weston), a hopeless stripper looking for sunnier employment skies, and Juliette (Vicky McClure), a pharmacist who dreams of saving the needy in Africa, ...Read the entire review

JCVD is Being John Malkovich for kickboxing fans, a cleverly stylish and scrappily well-done slice of meta-moviemaking that causes us to rethink Jean Claude Van Damme, a screen presence who most haven't considered in any terms for the better part of a decade. Few could more reliably open a movie in the early-to-mid 1990s, but Van Damme has fallen out of favor recently, with most of his films taking a quick (and deserved) path directly to DVD.

Van Damme plays "Jean Claude Van Damme," and surmising as to how much of the character is autobiography is one of the voyeuristic pleasures of the film. To be sure, this is not a vanity project--this Van Damme is a washed-up, past-his-prime action star who can't get a decent job anymore. He's lost a custody battle with one of his many former wives, and he seems forever stuck in D-list hell. He returns to Brussels to try to get his life back...Read the entire review

"A Thousand Years of Good Prayers" is a lovely film of small intentions, yet embellished with an enormous heart. It's a story of a father and a daughter forced to confront their mounting personal unease, yet the picture is far more interested in the mechanics of dialogue, and how interaction with fellow human beings can fill the nagging holes in the soul.

Arriving in Spokane, Washington from Beijing to visit his daughter Yilan (Feihong Yu), elderly Mr. Shi (Henry O) is looking forward to working on his English and getting a better idea of why his daughter experienced a failed marriage. Once settled, it becomes clear that Yilan is hoping to avoid her father as much as possible, leaving Mr. Shi wandering around the neighborhood, striking up friendships with fellow adults of various cultural backgrounds. Trying to deduce just what's ailing his child, Mr. Shi finds Yilan's tolerant life challenges his cu...Read the entire review

I imagine "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" will become required viewing for junior high schools just beginning to explore the history of the Holocaust. The film is an emotional experience highlighting the tragedy of innocence, using the point of view of an eight-year-old German boy to expose the raw psychological devastation of the era. It's an unnerving film with a knockout punch for an ending, but it feels more acceptable as an educational piece than a profoundly rewarding work of drama.

Bitter toward the relocation of his military family to the German countryside, young Bruno (Asa Butterfield) fears there will nothing for him to do. With his commander Father (David Thewlis) and delicate Mother (Vera Farmiga) dedicated to matters of the Nazi Party, Bruno takes off to explore his new home, finding the location near a work camp. Standing outside an electrified fence, Bruno meets Shmuel (Jack Scanlon)...Read the entire review

Like any improbable sequel, "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" is a more potent creation when acting as a carefree joke blender than a believable sample of storytelling. As good-naturedly hilarious as the 2005 original film, the sequel suffers only in the freshness department, with filmmakers who really show lackluster confidence on where to take this unexpected franchise. It's a fine family diversion, but it fails to improve on its predecessor, and there's something mildly disappointing in that missed opportunity.

The time has come for Alex the lion (voiced by Ben Stiller), Gloria the hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith), Marty the zebra (Chris Rock), and Melman the giraffe (David Schwimmer) to leave their makeshift residence under King Julien's (Sacha Baron Cohen) enthusiastic reign and head back home to New York, flying the safety-last Penguin Express airline. When plane troubles arrive mid-flight, the aircraft ...Read the entire review

"Role Models" is not a product that needs much effort to be funny. Not only does the comedy troupe "The State" more or less reunite here, but there's Paul Rudd, the world of LARP, and McLovin' also stealing screentime. Coming dangerously close to self-parody at times, "Role Models" remains a light but heartily funny diversion, best served with a raucous audience who appreciate a masterful KISS joke when they see one.

As a spokesman for a rancid energy drink, Danny (Paul Rudd) is feeling defeated by life. Recently dumped by his longtime girlfriend (Elizabeth Banks) and faced with the one-dimensional yammering of partner Wheeler (Seann William Scott), Danny lashes out violently, leaving the two men with an option: jail time or act as big brothers to a child in need. Reluctantly opting for the latter, Danny and Wheeler are teamed up with two special people: foul-mouthed kid Ronnie (Bobb'e J Thompson) an...Read the entire review

While not his last feature film, the late Bernie Mac is served well by the comedy "Soul Men," putting in a feral performance that brings out the old Mac we all fell in love with long ago. It's a shame the movie can't live up to his spirit, trading comedic momentum for a story nobody is going to care about. Still, the laughs are plentiful for 45 minutes, and that's all this movie needs to please.

As 1970's R&B sensation The Real Deal, Louis (Samuel L. Jackson) and Floyd (Bernie Mac) ruled the radio backing up star Marcus Hooks with their velvety vocals. Decades later, Floyd is retiring and Louis is trying to keep out of prison, with both men still nursing resentment over their awful breakup. When Hooks dies, a memorial concert is booked, with a request for the The Real Deal to reunite and perform. Sensing an opportunity to relive their glory years, the cranky old men agree to team up, crossing the...Read the entire review

A Christian horror film? Well, I suppose every person with access to plenty of money wants in on the spooky genre these days. Unsurprisingly, "House" fails to supply a sufficient level of fright; the picture seems content to wallow in confusion and convention, removing the novelty of faith to roll around in tired terror clich s and dreadful direction.

On their way to a marriage counseling session, bickering couple Jack (Reynaldo Rosales) and Stephanie (Heidi Dippold) find themselves in the backwoods of Alabama, forced to take refuge at the Wayside Inn when car troubles arise. Run by eerie caretakers Betty (Leslie Easterbrook) and Stewart (Bill Moseley), Jack and Stephanie are greeted by another couple (Julie Ann Emery and J.P. Davis), equally as bewildered by the forbidding hotel. As night falls, a demon named Tin Man arrives, boasting that he murdered God and wants another body before dawn. Unable t...Read the entire review

I find myself at a loss over whether to declare Synecdoche, New York difficult and tedious or hail it as a bold reduction of the human condition in a deconstructive narrative that pulls apart our notions of self-delusion and how the same are fueled by and in turn fuel popular entertainment and storytelling. I think Charlie Kaufman, in his directorial debut, makes a perfectly reasonable case for the latter, particularly in some final expository scenes where he breaks it all down for his audience. I have every confidence that he knew exactly what he was doing, I just don't know that acknowledging his command of the screen is akin to saying the result is actually good. And unless you find this very convoluted paragraph compelling, you haven't got a prayer.

Kaufman is pe...Read the entire review

On our way in to Let the Right One In, I turned to a friend who had inquired about the movie's running time and said, "It's gotta be under two hours, it's a genre picture."

Boy, how wrong was I! No, the movie didn't exceed the expected running time (it's 114 minutes), but the other part. Calling Let the Right One In a genre picture is like saying Moby Dick was just another whale or World War II was merely a skirmish. There are average vampire movies, unexpectedly good vampire movies, and then there is Let the Right One In.

Directed by Tomas Alfredson and written by John Ajvide Lindqvist (adapting his own novel), this Swedish film is an emotional bubbler that starts off in the quietest of valleys and eventually works its way to some surprisingly devastat...Read the entire review

From the studio that brought the world "In the Name of the King" and "Dragon Wars" comes "The Haunting of Molly Hartley." Perhaps Freestyle Releasing isn't concerned with producing a competent film for their growing library of titles, which makes their latest effort quite a rousing success. A high school drama with colorless demonic overtones, "Hartley" is a last-minute Halloween stab at box office gold and a resoundingly idiotic one at that.

A new face at a private school, Molly Hartley (Haley Bennett, "Music and Lyrics") is having trouble fitting in, battling headaches, nosebleeds, and mysterious voices on a daily basis. With her father (Jake Weber) pushing medicinal solutions, Molly is more concerned with her psychotic mother, who rots away inside a local mental hospital and haunts the frightened girl's every step. Trying to adapt to her environment, Molly finds comfort with friends both born-aga...Read the entire review

The experience of watching the documentary "Dear Zachary" is like trying to put together a complex puzzle inside a roaring jet engine. Eschewing a liberal, meditative approach to reverse engineer a murder, "Zachary" instead pours its heart out over the screen, piloting with unfiltered rage and tears as filmmaker Kurt Kuenne embarks on a distressing odyssey to decipher just who would want to kill his lifelong friend, Andrew.

When 28-year-old Andrew Bagby entered into a relationship with 40-year-old Shirley Jane Turner, Andrew's immense community of friends and family felt a distinct unease with this strange woman. Beloved everywhere he went and blessed with a rare inner fountain of goodwill and humor, Andrew eventually came to agree with the majority opinion and hoped to break up with Turner one night before heading over to a friend's house. The next day his body was discovered riddled with bullets, w...Read the entire review

"Splinter" has nothing novel to offer the audience, but its comfort food. Bloody, screamy, creepy crawly comfort food that cuddles B-movie horror convention without fatigue. If you like your chills served up with simplicity, "Splinter" digests easily.

Out on a failed camping trip to celebrate their anniversary, Polly (Jill Wagner) and Seth (Paulo Costanzo, "Road Trip") have decided to pack it up and head for a hotel. On their way out of the woods, the couple is carjacked by felon Dennis (Shea Whigham) and his junkie girlfriend Lacey (Rachel Kerbs), who demand transport across state lines. When Polly permanently damages the car running over an oddly infected animal during the tense ride, it forces the group to an isolated gas station for supplies. Once inside, it becomes clear that whatever creature was left on the road has spread its poison to the station, mutating into a substantial threat that trap...Read the entire review

Contrary to popular opinion, "Changeling" doesn't represent director Clint Eastwood fishing for Oscar gold. Instead he's made what he usually makes: a sturdy drama with wonderful working parts, only now there's an issue of length that's disconcerting, and stretches the movie to a point of no return. "Changeling" is compelling and flush with outstanding period detail, yet it can't locate the brakes, skidding from nail-biting tension into watch-checking boredom all too easily.

In 1928, Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie, all porcelain skin and worry) is trying to make ends meet as a single mom, hoping to make time for her young son, Walter. Returning home from a last-minute shift at the phone company, Christine arrives to find Walter missing without a trace. Turning to the LAPD, Christine finds comfort months later when Detective J. J. Jones (Jeffrey Donovan) swears he's found Walter. Delight turns to ...Read the entire review

I suppose it was bound to happen sometime, and I guess I should be glad it took 14 years to arrive, but Kevin Smith's "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" is a disappointment. It's not an unpleasant film, more of a blown opportunity (no pun intended), and falls well short of the quality Smith has demonstrated with prior raunchfests. Attempting to walk precariously on a tightrope of sentimentality and smutty behavior, Smith wanders off, manufacturing a film more contrived than sincere, and with less bellylaughs than anticipated.

After humiliating themselves at their 10-year high school reunion, destitute pals Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) are forced to examine their dreary lives. Facing homelessness, the pair decides to make an adult film to pay the bills, after an unexpected pep talk from a gay porn star (Justin Long). Crewing up with friends (Craig Robinson, Jeff Anderson) and uniquely gifted...Read the entire review

I had to open up the calculator to double-check my math, but I had done it right in my head: Clint Eastwood is 78 years old, which is absolutely astonishing, since he has done some of the finest work of his career in the last five or so years. Most folks in any trade retire at 65; Clint was just getting warmed up. Just as older actors like Robert Duvall and the late Paul Newman have done some of their most natural and unaffected work on the far side of the hill, Eastwood has effortlessly segued into a matter-of-fact, no-nonsense, old-fashioned picture-maker in the mold of John Ford, Howard Hawks, and his mentor Don Siegel.

His hot streak continues with Changeling, the true story of Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie), a single mother in 1928 Los Angeles who returns home from work one afternoon to find that her little boy Walter has vanished into thin air. Several months later, the LAPD announc...Read the entire review

I don't know what producer or financier was insane enough to give writer/director Charlie Kaufman enough money to make the epic death rattle/meta-theatrical mindfuck Synecdoche, New York, but God bless him or her for doing it. His screenplays for other directors have always been a bit of a hard sell, commercially speaking, but with this (his directorial debut), Kaufman has helmed a work that makes his Being John Malcovich seem positively multiplex-friendly and accessible in comparison.

Which is not to say that it's all a stunt or a gimmick, either. Kaufman (and his excellent cast) gamble big, but they often win big as well. Not every detour pays off, but the journey sure is interesting.

Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as Caden Cotard, a husband and father who directs over-complicated stagings of familiar plays for a local theatre in Schenectady, New York. He's not terribly happy, and ne...Read the entire review

There's a certain part of me that's envious of the average "Saw" fan. I truly wish I could appreciate this horror franchise on a more visceral level, screaming along with the rest of the crowd as mayhem arrives, lives are ended, and Jigsaw's legacy is twisted further into a mind-bending puzzle only the most patient out there have kept up with. It's criminal that I refuse entrance into the club, but, then again, when I view a "Saw" movie all I can see are bargain-basement production values, abysmal acting, and a soggy narrative that's spun completely out of control. The only elements holding the franchise together at this point are the blind enthusiasm of horror nuts, truckloads of distraction, and the forgiving nature of the Halloween season.

Detective Mark Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) is being prepped for hero status after his takedown of Jigsaw (Tobin Bell), thus ending the string of crude murders tha...Read the entire review

From Sweden comes "Let the Right One In," a film of extraordinary mood and wildly inventive directorial potency. It's a hushed, gentle story of provisional friendship, the ordeal of adolescence, and the curse of vampiric immortality. A hypnotic motion picture from beginning to end, "Right One" is a marvel: an ingenious genre film that manages to terrify and endear in the same instant, deftly erecting one of the most persuasive, haunting film experiences of the year.

Bullied at school, 12-year-old Oskar (Kare Hedebrant) dreams of revenge on his classmates, spending his hours wandering around his snowbound apartment complex. One night he meets Eli (Lina Leandersson), a mysterious girl of the same age with whom he strikes up a tentative friendship. As the two learn more about each other, it becomes clear that something is killing off the paranoid residents of the community, but to Oskar, Eli is his frie...Read the entire review

"Pride and Glory" is undeniably routine, wading into murky New York police drama waters with little hesitation. However, it takes only a minute to shake off the convention and welcome what director Gavin O'Conner is constructing here: a pummeling story of corruption and relations, spread across the battlefield of the unforgiving city. "Glory" is a marvelous installment of the psychologically tortured cop genre, and whatever it lacks in innovation it makes up in emotionally searing, superbly smashmouth execution.

When four New York City police officers are found dead in an apartment with criminal ties, a task force is assembled to catch the killers. Leading the charge with some reluctance is Ray Tierney (Edward Norton), a timid cop brought back into fold of the homicide squad to join his father Francis Sr. (Jon Voight), brother Francis Jr. (Noah Emmerich), and brother-in-law Jimmy (Colin Farrell). Gat...Read the entire review

Some films get stuck in a director's teeth, and it takes him a while to get it out. This results in multiple cuts of the same films, seemingly endless revisions of the kind that film fans will argue over and study. John Cassevetes and Killing of a Chinese Bookie, Oliver Stone and Alexander, and even Francis Ford Coppola on Apocalypse Now and to a lesser extent Ridley Scott with Blade Runner--these are movies that, for a variety of reasons, did not arrive on the screen as intended the first time around, causing the directors to continue tinkering with them until he or she gets it right.

So it was with Wong Kar-Wai's 1994 film, Ashes of Time. It's a movie that, since its initial box office and critical failure, has gained a cult reputation but ...Read the entire review

Presenting a movie like "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" to film critics is a bizarre situation. Let's be real here: nobody who wants to see the feature will care what other people think about it, and most strangers to the "HSM" franchise wouldn't be caught dead watching it. It's an either ya do or ya don't proposition.

It's the senior year for the East High Wildcats, and futures beyond high school hallways and lunchroom gossip are being planned. For Troy (Zac Efron), Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens), and Chad (Corbin Bleu), the road to adulthood is complicated, involving painful choices in both life and love. With the year winding down, Gabriella encourages everyone to sign up for the spring musical, putting the kibosh on brat Sharpay's (Ashley Tisdale) plans to topline her own show, with supplementary help from brother Ryan (Lucas Grabeel). With the days ticking away to graduation, th...Read the entire review

A whopping 19 producers had their hands in the "Tru Loved" pie, yet nobody told director Stewart Wade that his film was being swallowed whole by melodrama. The film surely means well with enormous messages of tolerance and self-esteem, but when "Tru Loved" digs in with broad caricatures of homophobia and all-purpose intolerance, the movie can be a supreme chore to sit through.

New to Walt Whitman High School, Tru (Najarra Townsend) finds trouble fitting in, saddled with the baggage of having four gay parents in her life. When musical-loving, all-star quarterback Lodell (Matthew Thompson) takes a shine to Tru, it sets off everyone's gaydar except Lodell's, who swears he's straight. As the two get to know each other, Lodell finally admits his homosexuality, but remains deeply fearful of coming out due to his football hero status. Using Tru as a hetero shield, Lodell carries on business as usual, making...Read the entire review

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