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      Home of Phobia

      R Released Jan 17, 2004 1 hr. 32 min. Comedy LGBTQ+ List
      32% 22 Reviews Tomatometer 38% 500+ Ratings Audience Score A bored college student (Sam Huntington) sees a prime opportunity to score with a hot coed who has made the assumption that he is gay, and he decides to play along when she follows her sorority leader's assignment to seduce then cut loose a series of misfits and losers. Read More Read Less

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      This over-the-top comedy suffers from an exhaustive screenplay, which tries too hard to be funny...and fails.

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      Audience Member Good watch, could watch again, and can recommend. Sam Huntington, Marla Sokoloff, and Kaitlin Doubleday are all extremely underrated actors and do excellent jobs. I'll give you that this premise is potentially problematic, but it does have a positive edge to it. What really holds the movie back (or forward for some) is how sociopathic the main character starts. There has to be a low to grow from, but yeesh. It is a coming of age and self discovery story for about 6-20 people, depending on how you count, and there is a lot of good work that goes into balancing and keeping so many character plot lines to quality. A couple of the characters literally stop to shake off how much is going on in the movie at certain points. In the end, this is full of absurdist comedy with a sweet core. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/18/23 Full Review Audience Member It's a rowdy comedy about college and sex but also has a deeper sense of sexuality and learning to appreciate women for more than as base sexual creatures Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member One of the worst, most offensive movies I've ever seen! Not even funny offensive, or self-aware offensive. Just like someone with sub average intelligence, a mean spirit, and no awareness of social justice or even of the way the world works (outside of outmoded caricatures) . Don't waste your time. It's disgusting and I'm sad netflix made the dumb ass mistake of categorizing this as an lgbtq movie. It's nothing short of homophobic. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member An engaging and fresh take on the much-used American college initiation theme, 'Freshman Orientation' succeeds with a delicate balance of hilarious lines, physical gags and gross-out humour. It doesn't quite reach the full potential of any of these sub-genres and is essentially a queer movie for a straight audience. Sam Huntington is a charming, goofy lead and there's a fun turn from a campy John Goodman, though all of the performers here are quite strong. In a tale with a social conscience, it's refreshing to see the screenplay steer clear from soppy sentiment and yet keep its heart in the right place. (Original title: 'Home of Phobia'.) Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Just stay true to yourself! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Spends too much time trying to be self righteous Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Joshua Katzman Chicago Reader John Goodman has a nice turn as a queen with a heart of gold. Sep 28, 2007 Full Review Lou Lumenick New York Post ...goes way over the top for the Greeks vs. Gays climax. Rated: 2/4 Sep 28, 2007 Full Review Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times A campus comedy with a dirty mouth, an innocent heart and a surprisingly wise mind, Freshman Orientation uses identity politics as a road to romance and emotional maturity. The naked breasts are a bonus. Rated: 4/5 Sep 28, 2007 Full Review Geoff Berkshire Metromix.com Admirably aiming to recreate the feelings of newfound freedom and self-discovery that college inspires, Freshman Orientation never finds a way to successfully execute its good intentions. Rated: 2/5 Nov 8, 2007 Full Review Brandon Judell New York Theatre Wire You enter expecting something really stupid, and you wind up with something really clever . . . hysterical . . . wise. Oct 20, 2007 Full Review Maitland McDonagh TV Guide ...might push boundaries better were it not so painfully unfunny. Rated: 1/4 Sep 28, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis A bored college student (Sam Huntington) sees a prime opportunity to score with a hot coed who has made the assumption that he is gay, and he decides to play along when she follows her sorority leader's assignment to seduce then cut loose a series of misfits and losers.
      Director
      Ryan Shiraki
      Executive Producer
      Sam Nazarian, Kevin Loughery, Nancy Newton
      Screenwriter
      Ryan Shiraki
      Distributor
      Regent Entertainment
      Production Co
      Persistent Entertainment, LIFT Productions
      Rating
      R (Language|Strong Sexual Content|Some Drug Use)
      Genre
      Comedy, LGBTQ+
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jan 17, 2004, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Sep 2, 2016
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $10.5K
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