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A Lower Power

A Lower Power, LLC, Hidden Deadly Productions / Year: 2009

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Synopsis

A young gay man is torn between his rejection of his hedonistic parents and his own emerging sexual desires.

Not everyone gets to watch a video of his conception... or wants to. Thibodeaux (Mathew Lotto) sure doesn't, but such openness is the exasperating norm for his parents, Hank (Donald Joseph) and Stormy (Gigi Guizado), whose nest he can't wait to leave. What this young man thinks he wants collides with the hard reality of desire in the idiosyncratic, unrepentantly sexual comedy-drama A Lower Power — a gay coming-of-age story where the coming-of-age isn't about being gay.

When neither the geeky sanity of his friend Steve (Rafe Morgan Kossak), nor the advice of torturously heterosexual stud buddy Mas (Adrian Anchondo) provide an easy answer, Thibodeaux sets off on his own to college - where he hangs with bubbly Emmy (Terri J. Freedman) and seeks a sexless social life. But Thibodeaux's chastity strategies meet their match in Todd (J. William McMichael), a cocksure biker and Old English scholar who teaches Thibodeaux the power of passion. Even as Todd unleashes Thibodeaux's appetites and old friends come back into his life in surprising ways, Thibodeaux's repressive reflexes connect sex to misfortune and humiliation - until his contorted logic drives away his friends and the mythic man of his dreams.

Propelled by a muscular original score by H.P. Mendoza (the writer/director behind Fruit Fly and Colma: The Musical), A Lower Power touches on questions of faith and the nature of luck as it tracks Thibodeaux's tunnel vision to the (literally) climactic revelation that his urges aren't nearly as dangerous as they would be if they were denied.

3 Reasons To watch this film

"Funny, engaging and believable, A Lower Power is a refreshing gay coming-of-age movie, smartly written and well-acted." Bob Green - Honolulu Weekly
Has a terrific score from H.P. Mendoza of Fruit Fly and Colma: The Musical.
The back DVD sleeve "warns": "This film contains nudity and sexual situations and is intended for adult audiences." We just wanted you to know.

Review

Cute, gay teen Thibby has parents who are a little too sexually progressive. In one of the film’s earliest scenes, they show him the homemade porno during which he was conceived. They mean well, but their lack of boundaries has left Thibby very confused about what he wants from a potential boyfriend.

Thibby, in fact, isn’t sure that he even wants a sex life. He’s observed his parent’s obsession with all things sex and finds aspects of it repellant. Soon after he starts college, though, he meets Todd, a sexy, incredibly confident fellow student who’s charmed Thibby finds irresistible.

The acting in A Lower Power leaves some experience to be desired. For much of the film, the cast seems like they’re struggling over the clever dialog. Luckily, the film packs in tons of truly arousing, sexually graphic scenes that more than make up for any other shortcomings.

-- Robert O'Neill

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Availability: In stock and ready to ship
Close Caption: Yes
Region Code: 1
UPC: 807839005998
Catalog #: DR3245663

Studio : A Lower Power, LLC, Hidden Deadly Productions

Languages: English 5.1 (Primary) , English 2.0 , English Subtitles
Aspect Ratio: Anamorphic 2.35, Widescreen
Features:
Featurette: "Behind-the-scenes"
Deleted and extended scenes
Audio commentary: With the director and writer
Artwork from the movie

Customer Reviews

Don't fall for it!

Dan wrote on 10/11/2012:

Cute story and actors, but don't fall for the adult warning on the label which TLA implies means "hotter than hot." If you consider a bare chest nudity, good luck, but there is no full frontal nudity in this film. There may even be a buns shot, but even Mel Gibson has done that!

Torn

Amos Lassen wrote on 11/30/2011:

Thibodeaux (Matthew Lutto) is a young gay man who is torn between his emerging sexuality and his parents’ rejection of him. Hank (Donald Joseph), his father and Stormy (Gigi Guizado) make life at home very difficult for him and he can’t wait to leave home. He thinks he knows what he wants and this is in direct opposition to what his parents want as well as the world of reality. What makes this movie so interesting is that it is a gay coming of age story that is not about being gay and you will understand that in a moment.

Steve (Rafe Morgan Kossak) is Thibodeaux’s geeky friend as is straight stud Mas (Adrian Anchondo) and they feel that things will be okay for him once he goes away to college. Once there Thibodeaux hangs out with Emmy (Terri J. Freedman) and he decides that he wants a social life without sex. However, he meets Todd (William McMichael) who challenges that decision and teaches him about passion and its power. Thibodeaux seems to have the ability to tie sex to misfortune and humiliation and because of this he has a hard time keeping friends. He also loses Todd.

This is a thinking man’s movie that looks at the issues of faith and luck which we see through Thibodeaux’s eyes and when he reaches the point that urges and desires are not dangerous, his life changes and he is able to deal with his own desires.

Bob Green directs this film that is successful because of the strengths of the actors and the movie has a wonderful musical score by H.P. Mendoza (“Colma”, “Fruit Fly”). While it may not sound so, it is a comedy that will engage you in the very first scene and keep you there. There is nudity and sex but they are in no way gratuitous.