The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2005)
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26% of critics liked it
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57% of users liked it
(2,363 ratings)
After years of relying on the "it's not you, it's me" excuse, a gay man in his late twenties begins to realize that he might really be the one to blame for his failed relationships in this broad comedy. Based on a serialized comic strip of the same name, The Mostly Unfabulous… More After years of relying on the "it's not you, it's me" excuse, a gay man in his late twenties begins to realize that he might really be the one to blame for his failed relationships in this broad comedy. Based on a serialized comic strip of the same name, The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green stars Daniel Letterle as the title character, a flighty serial monogamist for whom no boyfriend is quite "the one." When he dumps his current near-perfect squeeze, the recently out baseball player Kyle (Diego Serrano), his friends begin to worry -- even more so when he takes up with a rebound boyfriend, the moronic party boy Punch (Dean Shelton). But when one of Ethan's exes, Leo (David Monahan), announces his plans for a commitment ceremony, Ethan has to face his unrequited feelings and figure out what he really wants. Family Ties matriarch Meredith Baxter co-stars as Ethan's mince-no-words wedding-planner mom. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
- Directed By
- George Bamber
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- In Theaters
- Jun 16, 2006 Wide
- On DVD
- Oct 10, 2006
- Studio
- Regent Releasing
Critic Reviews
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green can't be accused of false advertising. This adaptation of the underground comic strip is mostly unfabulous.
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Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
George Bamber's film is bouncy and agreeable but has a certain flatness to it; never making the case for its existence as a movie rather than a comic strip.
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Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
Tiresome romantic comedy that reinforces every imaginable gay stereotype.
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Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
There's no visual life to it, the humor is lazy and broad, and the players are as two-dimensional as their cartoon origins suggest.
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Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
This feels like a school play that someone has dragged to film school and turned into a final project.
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Cast
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Daniel Letterle
as Ethan Green
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Meredith Baxter
as Harper Green
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David Monahan
as Leo
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Diego Serrano
as Kyle
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Dean Shelton
as Punch
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Rebecca Lowman
as Sunny Deal
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Joel Brooks
as Hat Sister
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Richard Riehle
as Hat Sister
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Shanola Hampton
as Charlotte
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Scott Atkinson
as Chester
- Chase Ellison
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Ramon De Ocampo
as Juarez
