Straight Jacket (2004)
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48% of critics liked it
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52% of users liked it
(900 ratings)
An actor trying to keep the truth about his love life under wraps discovers feelings he doesn't want to hide in this frothy comedy. It's the mid-'50s, and Guy Stone (Matt Letscher) is a very successful movie star. Tall, good-looking, and boyishly charming, Stone has a reputation as a… More An actor trying to keep the truth about his love life under wraps discovers feelings he doesn't want to hide in this frothy comedy. It's the mid-'50s, and Guy Stone (Matt Letscher) is a very successful movie star. Tall, good-looking, and boyishly charming, Stone has a reputation as a ladies' man with a very active love life. However, the truth is a bit different: while Stone is indeed enjoying more romantic misadventures than he can keep track of, he happens to prefer the company of men. When a scandal sheet gets wind of his sexual proclivities, Stone's manager (Veronica Cartwright) and the head of his studio (Victor Raider-Wexler) decide some camouflage is in order. Stone's handlers arrange for him to marry Sally (Carrie Preston), a sweet and naïve secretary from the studio who is entirely unaware that the man of her dreams is gay. As Stone tries to make the best of his sham marriage while feeling twinges of guilt about the toll it may take on Sally, he meets Rick Foster (Adam Greer), an author whose most recent novel is being adapted into a script for Stone. To Stone's surprise, he find himself falling seriously in love with Foster and discovers that Foster, like himself, has a few secrets that could put his Hollywood career in jeopardy. Straight-Jacket was directed by Richard Day, who also wrote the screenplay which was adapted from his off-Broadway play of the same name. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Richard Day
- Genres
- Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 4, 2004 Wide
- Studio
- Regent Releasing
Critic Reviews
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Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
It's a shame, then, that Straight-Jacket turns dour and melodramatic ... The light-hearted fun seeps out of the movie, replaced by trite interludes of coming-out angst, McCarthy-era persecution and even gay-bashing.
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Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
It has verve, color and energy, but there's something fundamentally bogus about it, and whenever it takes a turn into seriousness, entire moments fall apart.
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Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune
Day's pyrotechnic dialogue and instinctive comic timing make Straight-Jacket a delight.
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Joe Leydon, Variety
A fey and frisky farce with a fabulous fashion sense.
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Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Wastes its promising premise with a wavering tone that veers uneasily between camp humor and, pardon the expression, straightness.
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Cast
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Matt Letscher
as Guy Stone
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Carrie Preston
as Sally
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Veronica Cartwright
as Jerry
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Adam Greer
as Rick Foster
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Jack Plotnick
as Freddie
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Michael Emerson
as Victor
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David Burke
as Ray
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Sam Pancake
as Tour Guide
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Victor Raider-Wexler
as Saul
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Adrian Neil
as Jeroen
