This movie tries too hard to be "artsy" and the story gets lost in that process. It is really good compared to most gay movies. Several characters are just almost unbearable!
Matt Newton,
Karen Allen,
Michael Lerner,
Jack Noseworthy,
Valerie Geffner
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A conservative politician who believes he can count on his family for support discovers his son is not the man he thought he was in this drama. Jack Kray (Michael Lerner) is a United States senator fr... read more
DVD Release Date: November 14, 2006
Stats: 133 reviews
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Flixster Reviews (133)
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February 15, 2011
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January 27, 2007
It's accidentally I saw this movie... I just want to saw more movies about political, an one of my friends told me this movie was good.. But now I want to tell it to my friend : What an unworthy movie!!!
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October 20, 2007
Not a well-made film. The concept was good and could have been developed a lot more. I felt like the characters were talking at each other, not to.
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January 6, 2008
My wife rented this by accident. It was badly made and we turned it off about 40 minutes into the movie.
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January 6, 2008
The concept sounded interesting but the plot and acting were so bad, I had to turn this boring movie off after about 40 minutes.
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June 3, 2007
was not as good as I thought it would be. I thought that the story was good, but it was a real b-grade film
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January 25, 2007
This movie was a really good at poking fun at politics in america When Henry Kray (Matt Newton) -- the closeted homosexual son of right-wing Sen. Jack Kray (Michael Lerner) -- sleeps with a gay activist (Jack Noseworthy), he shakes up his father's bid for reelection. He is very g... read more
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January 19, 2007
I really like this movie it points out the hilarity of a lot of conservative america This movie was a really good at poking fun at politics in america
Critic Reviews
Although audiences will admire the film's do-it-yourself energy and commitment, Poster Boy finally collapses of its own contrived weight, deflating just when it should soar into madcap -- or at least ... Full Review
An overwrought story of American politics and image-making that really only gets interesting in the final act. Full Review
Some clunky writing and a distracting subplot limit the effectiveness of this ambitious low-budget indie. Full Review
Poster Boy is a muddled coming-out movie that, for no good reason, unfolds flashback style as Henry tells his story to a sleazy newspaper reporter.
Tucker's heart is in the right place. His work, however, isn't: Lectures belong in school, not in the movie theater. Full Review
Even with satisfying performances from the principal actors, Poster Boy is longer on energy than focus. Full Review
Director Zak Tucker is a bit too fond of jump cuts as signifiers of edginess. Still, when the material doesn't get in the way he's pretty good at getting across the emotional content. Full Review
Coming during a period in which the collision of politics and gay rights has created perhaps unprecedented sparks, Poster Boy is a flawed but absorbing drama. Full Review
We all sat around in college having the sort of angry liberal rap sessions that this film painstakingly recreates. We don't have to relive them now. Full Review
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