:
Tony Ward,
Tony Ward,
Bruce LaBruce,
more...
:
Bruce LaBruce,
Rick Castro,
Bruce LaBruce,
more...
see all cast/crew...
: Not Rated
: Strand Releasing Home Video
: Comedies, Black Comedy, Gay & Lesbian, Features
: 81 min.
see additional details...
|
|
Bruce LaBruce produced, co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in this satiric black sex comedy about gay hustlers and their customers in Santa Monica, California. Monti Ward (Tony Ward), a male prostitute, is dead, floating face down in a Jacuzzi as the story begins, and in voice over, Monti describes the circumstances that led him to this cruel fate. Jurgen Anger (Bruce LaBruce), a writer from Europe, is in California researching a book on prostitution, and when he sees Monti, he decides that this is the man he wants to be his tour guide. Jurgen offers Monti $1,000 to tell him stories about "work" (which is more profitable and less taxing than what most of his clients put him through), and Monti agrees. However, Monti is no male whore with a heart of gold; earlier the same day, he stole a car and ran over the foot of Eigil Vesti (Kevin P. Scott), another hustler (though after his foot has to be taken off, Eigil discovers a lucrative sideline working with amputation fetishists). As Monti regales Jurgen with tales about johns who like knives, duct tape, or any number of other strange and disgusting things, the writer finds himself developing a serious crush on his hustler. Leading man Tony Ward previously worked as a model and appeared in several videos with Madonna, including "Justify My Love" and "Cherish." ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
|
| surprising romance
by conorpotpie
April 2, 2006 - 10:01 PM PDT
|
|
|
2 out of 3 members found this review helpful
|
Rating this movie is an exercise in futility. It doesn't really fit into any conventional category (though I'm glad to see that it can be found under comedy). During the late nineties there were several movies made that explored the strange interrelated nature of seemingly unrelated characters and events (like Run Lola Run and Go, also Pulp Fiction, though not to the same extent). That seems to be the main tool for developing the plot in this movie, excepting the role of the eccentric anthropologist.
I don't want to give away the ending, but in a way this fairly graphic movie about hustling turns out to be a fairy tale.
I enjoyed the humor; some physical and some cultural, and the ironic look at LA and its glamorous scenery. If you're looking for a movie with insight into the life of hustlers, this is not the movie for you. |
|
|
GreenCine Member Rating
(Average 5.54)
89 Votes
add to list 
|
|
|
Your cart
skweeztoy1
© 2006 All Media Guide, LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide®,
a trademark of All Media Guide, LLC.