Sugar (Unrated)
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Movie Reviews of Sugar (Unrated)
Movie Review: Anything but Sweet...
Summary: 2 Stars
The story of Sugar is dismal, dark and just foolish. The short story by Bruce LeBruce tells about an 18 year old Cliff (Andre Noble) who goes out one night for some fun away from his boring suburban family and finds Butch (Brendan Fehr) a male addict and hustler. Somehow through the director John Palmer, or the writer the storyline blurs from coming of age, to the dangers of drugs to the grimy life of a prostitute. Fehr and Noble do a fair job navigating through this dysfunctional script, but the real joy and much needed comic relief was Cookie (Haylee Wanstall), the younger sister of Cliff who is always able to produce liquior and pot (you never know were she gets it from). However, even with the three actors helping float this mess, the script is to riddled with unbelievable holes...Cliff leaving his safe suburban area and heads directly to the sketchiest part of a city or finding a street hustler that wants to be your friend even if you don't pay him (to mention a few) . Sugar ends up being anything but sweet for the viewer and leaves the horrible after taste of an artificail sweetner.Movie Review: No Sugar for me, thanks!
Summary: 2 Stars
I can't admit I really liked this film although I think Brendan Fehr did a great job with the role as a hustler who befriends a young man who is just coming into his own as a gay man. The story is centered around Cliff (Andre Noble) but it is Fehr's acting that really gets the viewers attention. This film is definitely not for the squeamish. From scenes of sex with an unattractive, overweight disabled woman to a scene where Butch basically rapes Cliff for the benefit of a voyeuristic trick, the movie doesn't shy away from uncomfortable material. Most of the movie, however, just didn't work for me. The role of Cliff's mother wasn't very interesting and I found the little sister, Cookie, who pill-popped Ritalin and dispensed joints like candy to be a little creepy. Noble did fairly well with his role but I wasn't impressed with him overall. The main reason to watch this is Brendan Fehr's performance----otherwise, not worth recommending.Movie Review: morbid and loss of potential
Summary: 2 Stars
When I ordered this film I thought that I would find a story about two people trying ot find their way through life..blah blah blah......nope. The characters are wooden and boring except one of the two main actor's youger sister who deals drugs adding the only humor in the story. The characters just pick up and go on with their lives like nothing happened in the end leaving you to wonder how human can they really be? If you're looking for something with heart and content...wrong movie. If you're looking for something with these qualities and is erotic? Wrong movie. If you're looking for a movie with a let down ending and tons of graphic nauseating sex between Brendan Ferh and a large woman then here's your movie. Go for something like Latter Days or if you're really into sad endings but good movies go for "The Trip."Movie Review: More Soft Porn Than Movie
Summary: 2 Stars
I enjoy softcore and hardcore pornography as much as any sexual gay male, but I, also, enjoy a provocative and challenging gay-related movie. This movie is unfortunately in a line of commercial gay films that titilate more than mentally or emotionally stimulate. The acting itself was not bad in itself, but the preponderance of substance abuse gives us the idea that all gay youth struggling for identity and acceptance turn to drugs for their journey to self-acceptance. The softcore pron in the movie was pleasant enough but was out of place for me. There are times when showing less is more creative and stimulating than showing it all. See the movie once, but I would recommend buying it.Movie Review: Forgettable & disappointing & dumb
Summary: 2 Stars
Young queer skyrocketing out of the closet develops an infatuation for a stupid loser/druggie/boy-whore, with predictable and stupid consequences. Both boys receive serious rue from the clue canoe.
Sugar's not half as titillating or erotic as you might suppose based on their flesh comingling on the bed in the cover art. Instead it's a journey through the dark, dank caves of El Depresso.
The boys are cute, and act competently; they might have been presented a better script, written by a sober writer. I don't want to see anymore movies about gays on drugs having lousy sex and sad lives.