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The Houseboy Details

2008

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Starring	Nick May, Blake Young-Fountain, Brian Patacca, Damien Fuentes
Director	Spencer Lee Schilly
Genres	Drama

The Houseboy

From director Spencer Schilly The Houseboy is fearlessly raw yet surprisingly tender. Aimless and barely in his twenties, disarmingly cute Ricky is content to play boy toy to a pair of hot thirty-something lovers. That is until he overhears them whisper about "a new toy for Christmas." Crushed and totally alone while his couple vacations, Ricky binges on internet hookups, random tricks, and hardcore drugs. Unable to kill the pain, Ricky contemplates the end. But a chance meeting with Blake, a sweetheart college kid with a thousand watt smile, makes Ricky wonder if there's something to live for after all.

Starring	Nick May, Blake Young-Fountain, Brian Patacca, Damien Fuentes, Tom Merlino, Murray Hill
Director	Spencer Lee Schilly
Studio	TLA RELEASING
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 11 mins
Certificate
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English
Released	Production year: 2008 To Rent: DVD: 25 Aug 2008

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  Bleak but with a warm ending.
  
  A rather bleak tale of a young man looking for love but finding only shallowness and sex. He contemplates suicide, but fortunately eventually finds the love ... read more »
  
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  Well acted and realistic portral of the subject matter
  
  Throughly enjoyed watching a movie about a 3 way relationship and the way it effected each person in the relationship, especially the lead character, who played... read more »
  
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  Survival after rejection?
  
  From a technical point of view this isn't a particularly well choreographed and shot film but the story has a certain amount of sad appeal. Driven to the ... read more »
  
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  Waste of a hire
  
  From the outset, this movie went downhill. The acting is awful and, personally, I found the lead physically ugly and unengaging. Wished it would end faster and ... read more »
  
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  From director Spencer Schilly The Houseboy is fearlessly raw yet surprisingly tender. Aimless and barely in his twenties, disarmingly cute Ricky is content to play boy toy to a pair of hot thirty-something lovers. That is until he overhears them whisper about "a new toy for Christmas." Crushed and ...