Chris Stafford,
Tina Holmes,
Andersen Gabrych,
Stephanie McVay,
Lea DeLaria
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A Eurythmics-obsessed, small-town Ohio youth comes to terms with his sexual identity and his New Wave fashion sense in this gentle coming-out drama, which is set in 1984. When closeted Sandusky teen E... read more
DVD Release Date: July 11, 2000
Stats: 195 reviews
I'm a huge fan of gay romance (no idea why, I can't stand straight romance), but I didn't particularly like it. The acting was fine, and there was awesome music (Yazoo, Bronski Beat etc = yay), but it was just boring.
I really thought I was gonna hate this movie but I actually thought it was pretty good. A lot of the criticisms I noticed has to do with stupid choices that the Eric character makes but maybe they don't remember what it's like to be 17. He's pretty much an innocent dork that gets... read more
Nothing groundbreaking. The problem here is that the characters are so distasteful & one-dimentional, the viewer couldn't care less about them...
This film I would have to say is one of my favorites in the genre of queer cinema. It reminded me a lot about myself when I came out also at the age of seventeen. I grew up in the midwest and was the only openly gay guy at my school. I also worked at a theme park (Disney World) ... read more
if you dont like gay people dont watch it but if you look past the gayness of it... its a REALLY AWESOME MOVIE
While watching this movie, I couldn't help feeling sympathy for the Maggie character. I was very surprised. O.o But really, she puts herself out there so much, gets lead on and jerk around so many times, and in the end... *sigh* Poor thing. The actress that played her was very ta... read more
This movie is alright. I like the fact that it really deals with issues of finding yourself and coming out, which everyone can relate to, gay or straight.
If you live in a small town, you're young and just coming to terms of liking the same sex, this will help you out .
i saw it again the other day. i remember when i used to watch this a lnog time ago!u have to eralate to it about falling in love even if u end up 2gether o no!
Has a winning empathy and observant sense of the Midwestern locale which bring freshness to a tale that's been told many a time before. Full Review
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