Testosterone (Testosteroni) (2004)

6% of critics liked it
(32 reviews)
34% of users liked it
(989 ratings)

Peter, the hero, aged 20, finds himself on a deserted Greek island with no other men in sight. The women of the island, regardless of age harass him sexually. What starts off as a typical male sexual fantasy turns out into a nightmare.

Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 36 min.
Directed By: Giorgos Panousopoulos
Genres: Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

In Theaters: Sep 10, 2004 Wide
On DVD: Feb 15, 2005
Studio: Strand Releasing

Critic Reviews

Desson Thomson, Washington Post
The movie's primary interest seems to be in following several good-looking men wherever they care to meander.
Tom Long, Detroit News
A pointless, wandering tale of obsession that seems to have little purpose beyond showing that gay characters can be in a messed-up movie too.
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
[Relies] on a creaky plot and gaping lapses in plausibility.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
A tonal car wreck -- the equivalent of Chuck Norris crashing though the pages of an Isabel Allende novel.
Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News
A lackluster and meandering exercise in psycho-sexual provocation.
Achy Obejas, Chicago Tribune
This is a movie in which things happen for no reason other than that the director wills them to happen in order for something else to happen, logic be damned.
Scott Tobias, AV Club
Moreton shows plenty of ambition in his second feature, but somewhere in the space between page and screen, he lost the thread.
Don Willmott, Filmcritic.com
incredibly plot-heavy yet feels light as a feather
Tony Whitt, Now Playing Magazine
The whole story's not here, though I have to wonder whether we'd like these people any better if we had it.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Filled with pretty faces and empty logic, David Moreton's noir-wannabe Testosterone flounders about, doing everything but flutter its eyelashes in an attempt to distract us from its lack of substance.
Tom Meek, Boston Phoenix
Unfortunately, Testosterone isn't as provocative as its premise or its title.
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul), St. Paul Pioneer Press
The tone-challenged movie is meant to be a dark comedy, but there are long stretches without laughs.
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, TheMovieChicks.com
Broken hearts and testosterone don't mix well with machetes (I think I would have preferred watching the 10 months of romance that they skipped over in the beginning).
Eric D. Snider, EricDSnider.com
The film's major objective appears to be showing cute men doing suggestive things. But if that's your thing, why not just look at pictures? Why ruin it with a story?
Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle
Woefully shallow.
Sean Means, Salt Lake Tribune
The male characters are bland, a fatal flaw for a gay movie, while the women - Celina Font, Sonia Braga and Jennifer Coolidge - steal the show.
Laura Kelly, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
If you want to see a movie with some real chops about gays in Argentina, rent Wong Kar Wai's still-hip, still-smoldering Happy Together from 1997, and happier you will be.
Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
It's evident that Dean is capable of getting many other good-looking boyfriends if he so desires -- why get so worked up over one who's a jackass?