Testosterone

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Testosterone

R

2003

1h 45m

Comedy

Drama

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Dean (David Sutcliffe) is a comic book artist living in California. When a fire destroys his home, and his lover, Pablo (Antonio Sabato Jr.), disappears, Dean suffers a creative block. With nothing else to do, he decides to go to Argentina and look for Pablo. Though Pablo's wealthy mother (Sônia Braga) offers little help, Pablo's friends Marcos (Leonardo Brzezicki) and Sofia (Celina Font) are oddly forthcoming. Meanwhile, Dean's editor (Jennifer Coolidge) demands he get to work on a new book.

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Critics Consensus

Testosterone is a poorly executed attempt at film noir that follows good-looking yet bland characters through an ultimately aimless plot.

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Scott Tobias

AV Club

Moreton shows plenty of ambition in his second feature, but somewhere in the space between page and screen, he lost the thread.

Sep 26, 2005

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Moira MacDonald

Seattle Times

Filled with pretty faces and empty logic, David Moreton's noir-wannabe Testosterone flounders about, doing everything but flutter its eyelashes in an attempt to distract us from its lack of substance.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jan 14, 2005

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

The movie's primary interest seems to be in following several good-looking men wherever they care to meander.

Dec 17, 2004

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Don Willmott

Filmcritic.com

incredibly plot-heavy yet feels light as a feather

Rated: 2.5/5

Apr 1, 2005

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Tom Meek

Boston Phoenix

Unfortunately, Testosterone isn't as provocative as its premise or its title.

Dec 11, 2004

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Stephen Schaefer

Boston Herald

Rated: 1/4

Dec 10, 2004

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Michael C

ICONIC AND STILL AN AMAZING MOVIE!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/25/25

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Audience Member

** (out of four) Dean (David Sutcliffe) is thrown into confusion when his lover (Antonio Sabato Jr) goes oyt for some cigarettes and never returns. Dean turns depressed and is unable to handle his everyday life. Trying to bring some closure, he sets off for Argentina, hoping to find his lover and find out what really happened. Fair acting. Fair dialogue. Nothing overly memorable here.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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David Sutcliffe gives a good performance and Braga is wonderfully ice cold but the picture drags and makes little sense.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

Really loved the ending. The rest of the movie... not so much

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

Apart from some hot lovemaking scenes, this film was not so good. Could have been an interesting movie given the plot and characters but . . . . it sucked.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Audience Member

It was better the second time I saw it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Synopsis

Dean (David Sutcliffe) is a comic book artist living in California. When a fire destroys his home, and his lover, Pablo (Antonio Sabato Jr.), disappears, Dean suffers a creative block. With nothing else to do, he decides to go to Argentina and look for Pablo. Though Pablo's wealthy mother (Sônia Braga) offers little help, Pablo's friends Marcos (Leonardo Brzezicki) and Sofia (Celina Font) are oddly forthcoming. Meanwhile, Dean's editor (Jennifer Coolidge) demands he get to work on a new book.

Director: David Moreton
Producer: David Moreton, Kathryn Riccio
Screenwriter: David Moreton, James Robert Baker, Dennis Hensley
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Production Co: Blue Streak Films
Rating: R (Language|Some Drug Use|Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 11, 2003, Original
Release Date (DVD): Feb 15, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA): $772.2K
Runtime: 1h 45m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby SRD
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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