Boy Culture Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

good stuff

So many gay films fail to engage the viewer by lacking any complex believable characters - this film avoids such cliches and draws you in to care about what happens even though the protagonist is pretty self centred. There are enough twists and turns to keep you watching and the script is fresh. The main guy is certainly major league attractive which always helps as he is rarely out of shot! Just one small thing , his frequently monotone voice did grate a little and does nothing to assist in communicating emotional depth! That said, this is one of the best gay films I have seen in some time.

Better than expected.

The title/trailer for this film promised little more than the usual disposable gay mediocrity, but it does the film a great injustice. The film is actually quite a profound look at gay relationships in several of their myriad forms, the least significant of which is that provided by the hustler character, X. The ending, the too predictable quasi nuclear 'family' felt a little lame, but is forgiveable considering that this was simply one further relationship option depicted for the viewer. Perhaps 'Boy Culture' does offer the glimpse of gay films moving towards something more complex and substantial, at long last. Well worth renting. (The interview 'extras' as worth watching too - especially the Joey/Jonathan one.)