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Review

A very unusual and interesting film about a gay man in an arrested state of development with a crush on his childhood lover.
A truly demented film written by the "straight" son of Rev. Mel White (gay preacher who worked with Jerry Falwell) and directed by Miguel Arteta (Star Maps). The story revolves around Buck, an emotionally stunted 27 year-old gay man who is fixated on his boyhood lover, Chuck. Buck sucks lollypops constantly and has childish taste in fashions, including a penchant for "Members Only" jackets! Buck's mom just died and he contacts his boyhood "friend". Chuck is now Charlie and he's engaged to be married. He comes to the funeral and off-hand invites Buck for a visit. Buck not only came for a visit, he moved to LA and camped out across from Chuck's office for a nice long stalk. Buck hangs out at the theater across from Chuck's office and befriends the theater manager, Beverly, beautifully played by Lupe Ontiveros. Buck writes a play, "Hank and Frank" about his experiences, which Beverly calls "a homoerotic, mysogynistic love story". An entertaining film if one takes this as Buck's story, certainly not a bellwether gay person! The film was originally shot on video and transferred to film with less than perfect results.

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