August 26, 2008
Cute ultimately sweet movie. Some good performances some ragged.
Jesse Archer,
Charlie David,
Cory Grant,
Steven M. Goldsmith,
JR Rolley
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Writer/director Casper Andreas' thoughtful, ensemble-driven sex comedy A Four Letter Word embodies a loose sequel to his 2004 Slutty Summer, with several of the tertiary characters from that earlier e... read more
DVD Release Date: August 26, 2008
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June 24, 2008
Maureen M. Hart, Chicago Tribune
June 5, 2008
Hank Stuever, Washington Post
The cliches of bad gay filmmaking were lampooned in 2006's Another Gay Movie. Well, here's another gay movie. Things haven't moved an inch. Full Review
May 16, 2008
Tom Russo, Boston Globe
The film also serves up latte-frothy glimpses of an all-drag bridal shower, an erotic spinning class, and - all of 90 seconds into the proceedings -- naked yoga. Don't forget to bring your wipe-down t... Full Review
March 28, 2008
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
A Four Letter Word is a surprisingly endearing romantic comedy that explores gay relationships with low-budget verve.
July 14, 2007
Dennis Harvey, Variety
The semi-earnest A Four Letter Word comes off like an insular gay sitcom, a la Paul Rudnick's Jeffrey, but without the honed verbal wit. Full Review
July 12, 2007
Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer
[Director] Andreas rescues A Four Letter Word from being merely a raunchy lil' romance by showing how his characters are steeped in a culture of therapy that has filled Americans with endless, compuls...
September 21, 2008
Sarah Boslaugh, Playback:stl
...explores gay life in New York primarily through the eyes of Luke ... who is so busy trying to sparkle that he's made himself into the perfect gay cliché. Full Review
June 20, 2008
Phil Villarreal, Arizona Daily Star
A gay romantic comedy, witty and charming enough to stand up to any boy-meets-girl date flick in the megaplexes. Full Review
April 11, 2008
Tim Cogshell, Boxoffice Magazine
It's always a treat when a movie seems to be exactly the movie that the filmmakers intended to make, and their audience wants to see. It's also a treat when it's a good movie, too. Full Review
March 28, 2008
David Noh, Film Journal International
There is no denying that Andreas is really trying to say something about the difficulty of real intimacy in a society where easy sex lies in wait on every corner of Manhattan. Full Review
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