Greek Pete

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Audience Member Quite simply Depressing and Sad Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Very little of Haigh's future greatness is on display here. The cast isn't very interesting or sympathetic. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member A well made, riveting (somewhat graphic) look at the life of a British "rent boy". It is anything but glamorous, too spite the way Pete talks it up in a very light heated, matter of fact kind "business like" of way. Pete's interactions with his "friends" are far more depressing then the bleak interactions with his "clients". Each friend provides an even more perverse take on the life of a "rent boy". And poor Pete has been selling his affections for so long, that he can;t quite seem to grasp the idea of a REAL (non paying) relationship. Which (considering his collection of friends) is probably for the best. Pete's one dream is to win the "International Escort Of The Year" award, to help promote his business. I mean what John wouldn't pay extra to sleep with someone who's sexual escapades are "Internationaly known"? The climax is Pete achieving that goal and the bleak depressing reality of returning home to find no one seems to know or care about his new title. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member SUMMING IT UP: For the majority of this low-budget documentary film the audience is focused on the desperation to belong and the search for success that Pete is endeavouring to find. Whilst this part of the film is on screen the viewer sees the inherent sadness that forms a part of this young man's life. It's towards the end, however, when the film shifts its documentary eyes towards scripted drama that the film falls flat and fails to convince. There is a bizarrely ineffective sequence where Pete is paid to have dinner with a client that rings hollow and false. It's as if the director was searching for an end and couldn't find it. Add that into the whole International Escort Awards debacle and the film is let down considerably. There is the potential for an interesting film to be made about London rent boys and this gets half-way there. Sort of. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Σε εποχές ΔΝΤ το Greek Pete προσφέρει τη λύση! (Αν και το ντοκιμαντέρ προφανώς γυρίστηκε για να ικανοποιήσει την οφθαλμολαγνεία του δημιουργού του) Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member The overriding image we're left with is that of a rather shallow young man, operating in a depressingly dreary, soulless and risky environment about which we glean no real insights. And that probably wasn't what Haigh was trying to achieve. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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