Critic Reviews

• Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel

  It's voyeuristic and kinky and maybe a little judgmental.

• Wesley Morris, Boston Globe

  Garçon Stupide is the rare piece of European sexual realism centered completely on a boy's awakening. Young women have dominated the genre in the last 10 years, especially in France. So the film is a welcome, though inferior changeup.

• John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press

  Unfortunately, just when you think Garcon Stupide is going somewhere, Baier screws it up with a melodramatic climax and a political message.

• Desson Thomson, Washington Post

  Garcon Stupide never quite convinces us that it has a greater moral agenda beyond its graphic material.

• Mario Tarradell, Dallas Morning News

  Understanding the ins and outs of a young, detached psyche requires careful cinematic dialogue and introspection, qualities Mr. Baier can't muster in his feature debut.

• John Hartl, Seattle Times

  It's the kind of discomforting movie that seems designed to remind you of wrong-headed or foolish moments in your own past. On that level, it may succeed only too well.

• Don Willmott, Filmcritic.com

  Are you getting anywhere? Are you stupid? Loïc will look you in the eye, and you'll have to face these questions.

• Randy Shulman, Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

  Your interest is held by newcomer Pierre Chatagny, who captures all the infuriating, frustrating, incontestably sweet qualities of a young gay man in search of himself.

• Chris Hewitt (St. Paul), St. Paul Pioneer Press

  The movie could also be called Uninteresting Boy or Stares Blankly Into the Distance in a Way That's Supposed to Look Pensive but Just Makes Him Look Like an Underwear Model Boy.

• Andy Klein, Los Angeles CityBeat

  [It's] unclear is why anyone would want to see this slog through the gutter or, even more, why young director Lionel Baier would want to make it...

• Marrit Ingman, Austin Chronicle

  Garçon Stupide is interesting enough to merit an audience broader than its intended niche, though it isn't perfect.

• Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, TheMovieChicks.com

  It's more than just a sexploitation film, but not much more.

• Sean Axmaker, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

  ... shot-on-video feature has an improvisational quality meant to look natural. Mostly it's tedious...

• David Elliott, San Diego Union-Tribune

  Tall, boyish Loic (Pierre Chatagny) is too much a statue even to be called stupid.

• Jean Lowerison, San Diego Metropolitan

  How do I hate this film? Let me count the ways.

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