A Four Letter Word

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A Four Letter Word

2007

1h 27m

Comedy

Drama

Romance

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53%

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17 Reviews

40%

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500+ Ratings

In this story of New York City life, Luke (Jesse Archer) considers settling down with the handsome and talented Stephen (Charlie David) -- until he learns that Stephen may be keeping an important secret. Meanwhile, Peter (Steven Goldsmith) and Derek (J.R. Rolley) agree to move in together, but Peter's eccentricities threaten their relationship. And Marilyn (Virginia Bryan), Peter's boss and a recovering alcoholic, realizes that she may be attracted to women despite her wedding plans with a man.

Maureen M. Hart

Chicago Tribune

Archer's acting is overly arch, but Cory Grant is quite effective as Zeke.

Rated: 2/4

Jun 24, 2008

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Hank Stuever

Washington Post

The cliches of bad gay filmmaking were lampooned in 2006's Another Gay Movie. Well, here's another gay movie. Things haven't moved an inch.

Jun 5, 2008

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Tom Russo

Boston Globe

The film also serves up latte-frothy glimpses of an all-drag bridal shower, an erotic spinning class, and - all of 90 seconds into the proceedings -- naked yoga. Don't forget to bring your wipe-down towel.

Rated: 2/4

May 16, 2008

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Stephen Schaefer

Boston Herald

Rated: B

Oct 18, 2008

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Sarah Boslaugh

Playback:stl

...explores gay life in New York primarily through the eyes of Luke ... who is so busy trying to sparkle that he's made himself into the perfect gay clich.

Rated: 7/10

Sep 21, 2008

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Phil Villarreal

Arizona Daily Star

A gay romantic comedy, witty and charming enough to stand up to any boy-meets-girl date flick in the megaplexes.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 20, 2008

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Audience Member

A Four Letter Word is surprisingly good, this may be cliche, but when it is done right you get a powerful typical gay film. Great performance by all our leads, great romantic dialogue, and just simply wonderful setting.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Casper Andreas does it again! Directs another thought provoking, funny and sweet film about the dating scene..Many of the characters from his previous movie "Slutty Summer" appear on this one. There are several humorous situations, characters, and setups to ask the question of how it is possible to maintain the integrity of gay love in an atmosphere of unbridled hedonism, replete with orgies (or "fourgies"), transvestism, and naked yoga. The main protagonist is Luke (Jesse Archer), a serial playboy that considers trying out a life of monogamy when he meets the shamelessly handsome Stephen (Charlie David) at his favorite gay bar. But a secret Stephen's been keeping from him could be a deal-breaker when it comes to true love. Then Peter (Steven M. Goldsmith) prepares to move in with his boyfriend while watching his straight boss (Virginia Bryan) questioning her sexuality..Luke's character was hilarious! Definitely recommend the film and plenty of eye candy! :-)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

This movie was all over the place. I was looking forward to it as I am a fan of Charlie David's. It was good to see him cast as a bad guy for a change. Writing was ok and there were parts of the film that were fun but it's definitely a film for an urban gay audience. I will say this - the production value was VERY good for a low budget indy movie. Alas, that did not make up for the deficiencies.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Audience Member

I watched it twice and that is rare for me. This is so entertaining. If u r gay, go watch it, Recommend 90% tomato meter, forget the critics!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

No es una excelente película, tampoco tiene grandes actuaciones sin embargo la ideas es buena y logra despertar cierta simpatía

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

it wasn't as good as I expected. I only watched this for Charlie David (from Dante's Cove.) It dragged on and on. Had some funny parts though.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Cory W. Grant

Zeke

J.R. Rolley

Derek

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Synopsis

In this story of New York City life, Luke (Jesse Archer) considers settling down with the handsome and talented Stephen (Charlie David) -- until he learns that Stephen may be keeping an important secret. Meanwhile, Peter (Steven Goldsmith) and Derek (J.R. Rolley) agree to move in together, but Peter's eccentricities threaten their relationship. And Marilyn (Virginia Bryan), Peter's boss and a recovering alcoholic, realizes that she may be attracted to women despite her wedding plans with a man.

Director: Casper Andreas
Producer: Casper Andreas
Screenwriter: Casper Andreas
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 20, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $72.3K
Runtime: 1h 27m

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