Tennessee Queer

Released Mar 14, 2014

1h 30m

Comedy

Drama

LGBTQ+

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Jason Potts' return to his home town in Tennessee causes religion, politics and gay pride to clash as he makes life better for the LGBT teenagers.

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

In attempting to skewer persistent red state-style homophobia, writer-producer Mark Goshorn Jones and fellow co-director Ryan Earl Parker too often overplay the stereotypes - both gay and straight - to diminishing returns.

Mar 13, 2014

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

The film possesses heart, humor, and a down home spirit that feels honest and well-earned.

Rated: 2.5/4.0

Sep 26, 2020

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John Beifuss

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

The title is provocative but the comedy is accessible and the attitude generous in this made-in-Memphis feature... Call it 'Mayberry LGBT.'

Rated: 3/4

Mar 24, 2014

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Fr. Chris Carpenter

Movie Dearest

A somewhat dated and preachy but well-intentioned dramedy. That the film, shot in 2012, strikes me as dated at times is actually a very good thing.

Rated: C+

Mar 14, 2014

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Audience Member

The name suggests you keep scrolling. Amazon picked another worthless film. Don't waste your time.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Audience Member

I liked the actor Christian Walker as Jason but the movie over played stereotypes and didn't have a very good script. I tried to like this movie but it fell flat.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Well a great idea about changing ideas in small town anywhere about LGBT people and helping out LGBT teenagers this film falls flat. The characters in the film are the worst stereotypes of LGBT people. The story and language is boring and acting is average at the best.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Much as I wanted to like this movie for its "homos vs. haters" plot I found myself disengaged from the opening scene. It is as if we have seen this movie many times before; thus it seemed dated and anything but "fresh". Even the soundtrack music grated. It is not so much that it was full of stereotypical behavior and dialogue; it was that there were no creative or unexpected touches to make those characters and dialogue compelling. The acting seemed sit-commish with an overkill of ham in the southern stew. I realize the story was supposed to be set in the past; still, it is hard to watch gay men so tongue-tied and passive in their reactions to verbal and physical assaults. The final victory (which we knew was coming from the first frame) was anticlimactic. I also did not buy that a young, very cute gay high schooler, even closeted, would betray other young gays by doing a homophobic minister's bidding to identify gays in the school who need "treatment and redemption", nor that a gay bar owner would force a man removing gay newsletters and posters to do a strip tease act in lieu of going to jail. Really? There were a few amusing moments in the movie, but by the time the loving gay couple had called each other "bitch" for the third time I was ready to relegate this one to the "well intended dud" pile.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Earl Goshorn

Director

Ryan Earl Parker

Director

Christian Walker

Jason Potts

Ann Marie Hall

Rebecca Potts

Lindsey Roberts

Ruth Jennings

Jamie Mann

Curtis Banks

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Synopsis

Jason Potts' return to his home town in Tennessee causes religion, politics and gay pride to clash as he makes life better for the LGBT teenagers.

Director: Earl Goshorn, Ryan Earl Parker
Producer: Mark Jones
Screenwriter: Mark Jones
Genre: Comedy, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 14, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 30m

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