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Tennessee Queer

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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 03/13/2014
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. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/26/2020
2.5/4.0
The film possesses heart, humor, and a down home spirit that feels honest and well-earned. Go to Full Review
John Beifuss Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) 03/24/2014
3/4
The title is provocative but the comedy is accessible and the attitude generous in this made-in-Memphis feature... Call it 'Mayberry LGBT.' Go to Full Review
Fr. Chris Carpenter Movie Dearest 03/14/2014
C+
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. Go to Full Review
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06/29/2022 The name suggests you keep scrolling. Amazon picked another worthless film. Don't waste your time. See more 01/25/2017 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. See more 04/26/2015 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. See more 09/02/2014 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. See more Read all reviews
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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
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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