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After moving to Los Angeles, a gay man (Joe Lia) encounters a pornographer, a drag queen (Allan Louis) and homophobic thugs.

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Kevin Crust Los Angeles Times 02/03/2006
2/5
The campier aspects of the film are not enough to make up for its lapses into melodrama and just plain silliness. Go to Full Review
Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall 03/01/2006
2.5/5
As with Luster, Lewis' authentic tone, engaging cast and strong use of settings just about make up for his over-serious scripting. Go to Full Review
Hazel-Dawn Dumpert L.A. Weekly 02/02/2006
The dialogue is blunter, and harder for his amateur cast to pull off, while Lewis' stridency, however justified, ultimately jars against the film's tender, all-is-love fantasia. Go to Full Review
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03/18/2011 Funny and Dramatic. Is American Society still like this? If some kids are lucky to have someone like Destiny show up in their lives like India did I'm sure it isn't. See more 01/20/2010 A shoestring budget strings the stories of a few troubled youths together in the is movie about getting over the hate... or at least trying to. Where it succeeds is with the young fellas falling in love (or... something like that) and where it fails is with fleshing out some of the other characters like Lester (a lesbian who seems to have more of a story behind her than what is portrayed) and Destiny (the drag queen who comes to the rescue, shamefully neglected if I do say so myself.) Joe Lia, doe-eyed and innocent certainly turns in a good performance as do most of the others acting alongside him, yet the sop opera feel of the film does have a few eye-rolling moments that border on the edge of cheese. Stiil I can't deny the upbeat... if slightly abrupt... conclusion as it tries to pull everything together in a nice neat bow. The problem is it tries to wrap things up too neatly, particularly in regard to the two gay bashers. As much as the moment made me smile, it also made my mind do its own z-snap, sayin' "please." See more 07/11/2009 Not bad. Nothing more really could be said lol See more 05/03/2009 Young people. Yeah. I love that. That brings a lot of energy in movies. Rebellious plot about taking your place in society, surviving or actually living in it. Unfortunately, acting is not really great and story isn't really complete, at least for me. See more 04/07/2009 So much potential...but ruined by lefty tortured fag victim hyperbole that distracts from what could have been a beautiful and empowering flick. If you are a dirty old queen you'll love the gratuitous nudity, as I did. The black drag queen was fabulous, but the movie didnt do justice to this character or this actor. As for, India, the lead hottie with precious lips and lisp... I hope to see more of him naked or not. See more 12/01/2008 some great melodrama. it would have been much better if they'd have blown away all the straights they wanted to. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis After moving to Los Angeles, a gay man (Joe Lia) encounters a pornographer, a drag queen (Allan Louis) and homophobic thugs.
Director
Everett Lewis
Producer
Christian Martin
Screenwriter
Everett Lewis
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Mar 7, 2006
Box Office (Gross USA)
$1.4K
Runtime
1h 35m