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The Houseboy Reviews

2008

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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 totally alone while his couple .. Read more

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

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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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  - Ruislip
  - 07 Sep 2008 at 20:34
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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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  - 05 Jan 2012 at 23:03
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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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  - 24 Nov 2011 at 12:13
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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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  - 31 Oct 2011 at 11:11
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  The Houseboy - BIG THUMBS DOWN.
  
  Poor storyline, Bad acting and simply a very very dull movie. Don't be fooled by the image used to advertise this movie, it makes it look more interesting ... read more »
  
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  - 11 Jun 2011 at 09:59
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  film review
  
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  average fikm good story worth watching, and in some parts a seroius message watched twice so if u wanna rent it i find it very moving in parts especally ... read more »
  
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- - ross1
  - 11 reviews
  - London
  - 15 May 2011 at 14:49
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  Boring and amateurish
  
  The premis of this film could have been a good one - boy feels suicidal, boy is looking after the apartment of two lovers who are away for Christmas, boy plans ... read more »
  
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  - Hastings
  - 01 Apr 2011 at 22:30
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  Just OK !!!
  
  Quite true to life for most people, at some stage in their lives, but do you really want to watch such a tragically wrong life?
  
  Being used, ... read more »
  
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  - Wigan, Lancashire, England
  - 31 Jan 2011 at 14:54
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  Not a bad film
  
  I quite liked this film, sad in some quarters,but throughout the films offers hope and it does have a happy ending, which makes a pleasant change from the ... read more »
  
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- - WillieH
  - 5 reviews
  - Burnham-On-Crouch
  - 26 Jan 2011 at 22:06
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  Long depressing leadin to a short ending
  
  Lacking in entertainment value, made this long drawn out script quite depressing and although the ending was a more palatable, it was too brief to make up for ... read more »
  
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- - iproposterous
  - 52 reviews
  - Scotland, UK
  - 23 Oct 2010 at 07:24
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  Sensitive and Perceptive
  
  A bit low budget, but this is quite a sensitive and realistic fim which makes several perceptive ovservations about gay men- some whom are shallow, others ... read more »
  
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  - Harrow
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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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- 625673
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  - Ruislip
  - 07 Sep 2008 at 20:34
- - 6
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  Don't bother with this
  
  Did not like this at all and would advise you not to bother
  
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  - London, England
  - 12 Apr 2009 at 19:45
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  umm
  
  a bit depresing......................................... ...........
  
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  - London
  - 11 Jan 2009 at 21:03
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  Been there, done that
  
  Not the jolliest of films perhaps, but there is a dark dry humor to it. The film is about being lost, looking for love and only getting sex. Maybe it resonates ... read more »
  
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  - West Malling, Kent
  - 16 Jan 2009 at 18:42
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  Sensitive and Perceptive
  
  A bit low budget, but this is quite a sensitive and realistic fim which makes several perceptive ovservations about gay men- some whom are shallow, others ... read more »
  
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- - CTM
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  - Harrow
  - 21 Apr 2010 at 21:34
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  A 'must see' - for all
  
  Top marks to TLA Releasing again!
  
  This is a story that revolves around Christmas but could be viewed on June 21st with equal satisfaction.
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  - Near Kettering
  - 01 Dec 2008 at 14:31
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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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  - 31 Oct 2011 at 11:11
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  Great Movie
  
  Great Movie, bitter sweet, great acting by 'Nick May'
  
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  - UK
  - 23 Oct 2008 at 10:42
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  deep and misarable
  
  I found the film to be miserable ,wouldn't watch again. The main character was quite good but the storey wasn't nice. In the end it turns out ok but ... read more »
  
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  - Macclesfield
  - 04 Dec 2008 at 17:20
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  Give it a wide berth
  
  This is soft porn dressed up as art. It is dull, tiresome and very badly acted
  
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- - MoshE17
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  - 08 Feb 2009 at 18:20

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- 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 ...