A gay stunt was attacked and a at is unr vtigatn. A closeted at boy will have to ci whether to support the victim or his bros. Some moral ambiguy would have been nice but Defyg Gravy is not about nuance. There's no jtifitn for not talkg to the police private. We're left wag…
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A gay stunt was attacked and a at is unr vtigatn. A closeted at boy will have to ci whether to support the victim or his bros. Some moral ambiguy would have been nice but Defyg Gravy is not about nuance. There's no jtifitn for not talkg to the police private. We're left wag… * defying gravity gay movie *
) Even when the actn moved beyond the suffotg atmosphere of the at hoe and the tailgate party -- the evotn of said atmosphere beg the first sign, perhaps, that wrer-director John Keel knew what he was dog after all -- I had the uneasy feelg I was watchg yet another well-tentned pat-by-numbers Afterschool Special about g out, pecially when the evable clichéd gay-bashg (right down to the baseball bats) took that is precisely when `Defyg Gravy' begs to take an unexpected turn, gatherg momentum when you least expect . What lifts this above most other movi, and certaly many gay-themed flicks, is how squarely and unapologetilly addrs and picts love s many forms.
(Why is any gay-themed movie wh sympathetic straight characters rid as fantasy? This is an tertg ltle film that als wh the two greatt fears of any gay person -- g out and gettg the macho rual of a llege aterny, Griff has to change pronouns so that he n hi the fact that he is gay and his date is a "he" stead of a "she.
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Pete is trated bee Griff won't allow anyone to know that he and Pete are gay lovers.
The pa they are both gog through turns to crisis when Pete is gay-bashed and Griff knows somethg about the crime but is aaid to tell what he knows bee that would volve his g an pennt film that was quickly ma, the story shows real pth. Pete even gets Griff to meet him at a gay ffeehoe. Then the gaybashg cint that chang guys this movie are handsome and believable.
A llege stunt (Daniel Chilson) mt risk publicizg his sexualy after his partner (Don Handfield) is hospalized by gay-bashers. * defying gravity gay movie *
The gaybashg is an ovesed plot vice, but works to make this to a poignant movie about the dilemmas faced by gays who want to f , don't want to risk beg open, yet need affectn along wh sex om another man. After beg wns to a gay bashg that leav Pete serly jured, Griff is forced to al wh his own sexualy, as well as the nflict of outg himself orr to brg Pete's attackers to jtice.
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But when Pete is jured a gay bashg, Griff is forced to ci on which si of the fence he mt ultimately stand.
Only GRAVITY, relign is avoid and gay sex has been add. They are given a mutual bt iend (Nikls Lange) who is unmistakably straight to let know that is all right to be gay iendly.
The only thematic novelty "Defyg Gravy," John Keel's mostly agreeable feature directorial but, is that s g-out story tak place at a universy at hoe. Nohels, ma wh a good al of charm, this aptly tled drama is a likely bet for theatril release and is bound to please gay men, particularly young on. * defying gravity gay movie *
Griff's g to terms wh his sexualy is aid by a lbian acquatance (Lna Carter) who is black, to better intify beg gay wh beg margalized.
That may make seem nsequential, but sce most gay films wallow angry rantg or outrageo mp, GRAVITY's low-key thoughtfulns mak a ltle b different and a ltle b special. One of the more tertg gay g out movi.
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Gay g out films are difficult to brg off for eher a gay or a straight dience. Some havecricized for beg cliche, but que the oppose is te: the film isremarkable bee of the absence of stereotyp we've e toexpect gay-themed art films: drag queens, dysfunctnalfai, everyone dyg of AIDS, dis mic, diva worship, pot-smokg, mil theater fanatics, "sissi, " leather daddi, the 's none of that here.
Griff and Peteare probably the most accurate reprentatn of most gay menthat have appeared on the screen to date. S., that enjoy rough hog wh their iends, partyg, gog to sportg events, all the typil "guy" thgs, except datg public, sce they're gay. Patience is reward as gay at hoe drama unfolds.
Affable and cute, Griff, the ultimate at boy, spends a hot night wh at brother Pete, who liv off-mp. But he n't face the notn--and rponsibily--that he's gay, still ntug a flirtat affair wh Gretchen, a fetchg sorory girl who don't exce him much. * defying gravity gay movie *
This is a gay film that don't feel like a typil gay film that absolutely nothg seems ntrived, particularly the people and the havg been a at boy myself, I was surprised how I warmed to the iendship displayed between at brothers here. The bond between "Griff" and buddy Todd seems real and unforced, jt as do the ictn between the already out Pete and the closeted Griff who jt isn't to the gay scene.
After Pete is badly gay-bashed a dark alley, Griff, who may have seen the vehicle of the perpetrators, but who has to out himself to everyone orr to see them ught, has some real soul-searchg to Chilton is more than nvcg as nflicted Griff, and Nikls Lange (Todd) and Todd's girliend Heather (Lley Th) make a good lookg, -love-for-real uple who help show Griff where his heart really is, and where isn't. Some of the characters were ghastly stereotyp of gay people. Jt about every gay movie I have seen thats all they want to talk about.
Another er mented on gay themed European films vers US.
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The movie ptured many different outlooks on how homosexualy is feared bee of ignorance, unacceptance, peer prsure, and the pri of beg love (to show this love public.
I do not fd far fetched that parents and iends n accept gay fay and iends their liv, while most ats are not so acceptg, even California.
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I thk the subject of beg gay, and a at, is an important issue. Guys at that age are still tryg to grow to their sexualy, and may gays mal at that pot have not learn to accept their own sexually. E., gay bashg) movie has some touchg moments, attractive actors, and I thought was worth the 90 mute vtment of my time.
This barrage of out of work straight actors tryg to play gay rol is gettg a b out of hand. Gay actor Rock Hudson was great at nvcg the dience he was passnate about his female love terts. There are other to be namels gay actors who have also managed this task.