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C.O.G.

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C.O.G.

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Released Sep 20, 2013

1h 28m

Comedy

Drama

LGBTQ+

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Determined to suppress his homosexuality, a college dropout (Jonathan Groff) heads to Oregon, takes a job picking apples and, ultimately, finds religion.

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C.O.G.'s plot is a bit meandering, but the characters are always compelling and the ending is richly rewarding.

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Michael Phillips

Chicago Tribune

Modest and good-looking, the film starts as dark comedy and ends in pathos. Director Alvarez makes the Oregon scenery a character unto itself.

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 20, 2013

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Dan Callahan

RogerEbert.com

People who approach it as a film in its own right, with its own rhythms and goals and pleasures, will be amply rewarded.

Sep 20, 2013

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

Despite smatterings of wit and a stable of skilled performers, "C.O.G." struggles to find a consistent tone, its episodic structure veering from farcical to poignant to dangerously raw.

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 19, 2013

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David Lamble

Bay Area Reporter

In Kyle Patrick Alvarez's funny adaptation of David Sedaris' essay, out actor Jonathan Groff channels a prideful sissy-boy on the verge of hilarious pratfalls...

Jun 19, 2020

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Alexander Ryll

Gay Essential

There are two other somewhat unrelated parts to C.O.G. - making the entire film inadvertently seem as if it exists as three largely unrelated stories with David as their only link.

Sep 15, 2019

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Bernard Boo

Way Too Indie

We should love these characters, but Alvarez hurries by them and doesn't give us much of a chance to get acquainted.

Rated: 6.7/10

Apr 12, 2019

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Jacob P

Meandering and inconsistent with little real character development. I'm absolutely mystified by critic who label the ending as "richly rewarding." It seems to be a hate film against Christianity. The ending falls flat and leaves you scratching your head.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/01/25

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Audience Member

Horrible. Pointless. Watching paint dry.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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I'm a fan of Jonathan Groff, but this movie was beyond dreadful and should have never been made. The plot is ridiculous, incomplete, nonsensical ...and story has zero meaning or resolution of anything. The only thing worse were some of the characters. Why this movie was ever made is beyond me. There was nothing to be told here. Huge waste of time. Awful!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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I understand the bad reviews. I really do. The movie starts slow and drags on at first, and David is hardly a character we are pulling for. He comes off as out of touch and elitist in the opening scenes where he is riding a bus and it takes awhile for him to start to win us over. But despite digging such a big hole, director and writer Kyle Patrick Alvarez pulls this movie up with great story telling. As the movie develops and David grows as a character we start to not only warm to him, but understand his strange and somewhat immature quest for identity. We see why he is so confused and why he seems to swing to such extremes in his journey of self discovery. Overall I liked the movie, great acting and a fine job from Alvarez. But the film is not without its flaws early on and it does take time for it to find itself.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Wish they would make more of David Sadaris's essays and books into movies. He's definitely one of the great modern writers.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/23/18

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Not comedy, not gay, just an autobiography from one of those who had the guts to go out there and live life and noy only pass by it

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Synopsis

Determined to suppress his homosexuality, a college dropout (Jonathan Groff) heads to Oregon, takes a job picking apples and, ultimately, finds religion.

Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Producer: Kyle Patrick Alvarez, Cookie Carosella, Stephen Nemeth
Screenwriter: Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Distributor: Screen Media Ventures
Production Co: Rhino Films
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 20, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 19, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $32.2K
Runtime: 1h 28m

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