Boy Culture (2006)
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71% of critics liked it
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69% of users liked it
(4,088 ratings)
A male prostitute who has dismissed the need for love in his life learns a lesson about affection from one of his customers in this independent comedy drama from filmmaker Q. Allan Brocka. X (Derek Magyar) is a gay hustler whose enigmatic name reflects his emotional distance from the world around… More A male prostitute who has dismissed the need for love in his life learns a lesson about affection from one of his customers in this independent comedy drama from filmmaker Q. Allan Brocka. X (Derek Magyar) is a gay hustler whose enigmatic name reflects his emotional distance from the world around him; he doesn't much believe in love, and isn't interested in sex unless he's being paid for it. X has a dozen regular customers he calls his "disciples," and shares his home with two roommates -- Andrew (Darryl Stephens), whose good looks sometimes tempt X, though he's still uncertain about his own sexual feelings, and Joey (Jonathon Trent), an uninhibited and outré teenager who openly lusts after X, to no avail. Gregory (Patrick Bauchau) is an older man who regularly hires X for companionship, but he refuses to have sex with the hustler until he's willing to acknowledge that their attraction is mutual. X isn't about to admit to any such thing, but one day Gregory shares a story with X that forces him to reconsider his thinking. Boy Culture received its North American premiere at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Q. Allan Brocka
- Written By
- Q. Allan Brocka, Philip Pierce, Q. Allen Brocka
- Genres
- Drama, Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 23, 2007 Limited
- Studio
- TLA Releasing
Critic Reviews
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Jason Anderson, Globe and Mail
Boy Culture is an undemanding but sufficiently engaging serving of smut and sentiment. As such, it reclaims territory that queer cinema has largely ceded to TV shows like Queer as Folk, The L Word and Six Feet Under.
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Tom Long, Detroit News
Despite cliches, film does click.
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John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
Benefits from some assured helming by Q. Allan Brocka and strong performances.
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James Reed, Boston Globe
You know something's amiss in a movie when an omniscient narrator blathers the entire way through it.
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John Hartl, Seattle Times
Brocka's direction keeps things moving, and the performances he draws from Magyar, Stephens and indie-film veteran Bauchau are always up to speed.
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Cast
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Derek Magyar
as X
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Patrick Bauchau
as Gregory
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Darryl Stephens
as Andrew
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Jonathan Trent
as Joey
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Peyton Hinson
as Jill
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Kyle Santler
as Scooter
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William Hall Jr.
as Oren
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Matt Riedy
as Frank
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Jesse Archer
as Threeway Hottie
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Emily Brooke Hands
as Lucy
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George Jonson
as Blondie
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Clifford Harrington
as Renaldo
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Molly Manago
as Cheyenne
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Kibibi Monie
as Phyllis
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Laprell Nelson
as Mathew
- Jonathon Trent
