Closet Monster

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Closet Monster

2016

1h 30m

Drama

LGBTQ+

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1,000+ Ratings

Haunted by traumatic memories, an artistic teenager is driven to escape from his hometown.

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Closet Monster is a unique, understated fable, buoyed by a strong performance from Connor Jessup.

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Adam Nayman

Cinema Scope

09/28/2017

Murder, masturbation, melancholy, molly-this is one overstuffed Canadian debut feature. Perhaps they should have cut the talking hamster.

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G. Allen Johnson

San Francisco Chronicle

11/30/2016

3/4

One way to tell a promising director is by the acting in his or her film, and the performances in "Closet Monster" are solid all the way around, no matter how small the role.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

10/28/2016

2.5/4

If it all doesn't work perfectly, that's oddly okay, the character-driven highs making up for the bits and pieces that fail to reach the same sort of unpredictably enthralling heights so much of the rest thankfully soars to.

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Joe Lipsett

Horror Queers Podcast

03/29/2023

A stunning feature directorial debut from Stephen Dunn that beautifully captures the difficulty of coming out, internalized homophobia, first crushes, and divorce

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Ben Turner

The Pink Lens

09/02/2021

4/5

As a film about sexual awakenings, Closet Monster is commendable in its focus not on the mechanics of sexuality, but instead on its ramifications.

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Jason Adams

My New Plaid Pants

07/06/2021

If I've said it once I have said it a million billion trillion times - every movie needs to have Isabella Rossellini voicing a hamster.

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D.B. S

@RT30061384 Sep 27

Beautiful story. A delicious hidden gem.

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Troy C

@RT84128053 11/14/2024

Heartbreaking, warm, complex and beautiful. Incredibly clever story and superbly directed. Can’t believe I only just found it!

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Michael L

@thatMichael5 11/28/2023

A perfectly rendered, beautiful movie.

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PridePosterStudios

@RT04271525 09/20/2023

Everyone needs a Buffy in their lives.

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Daniel L

@RT90361585 05/31/2023

My favorite movie as a teenager. To this day it is very difficult to give up this position. So many affective memories...

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Mia R

@RT72395199 03/30/2023

Beautiful. just beautiful.

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Synopsis

Haunted by traumatic memories, an artistic teenager is driven to escape from his hometown.

Director: Stephen Dunn
Producer: Fraser Ash, Kevin Krikst, Edward J. Martin
Screenwriter: Stephen Dunn
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Production Co: Rhombus Media
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 23, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 18, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $40.2K
Runtime: 1h 30m