Mad World, written and directed by Cory Cataldo, is like a deliriously deranged ABC After School Special. Coming in, appropriately enough, when the subject of bullying is in the national consciousness, the film takes a bunch of disaffected and amoral teenagers, tosses in liberal doses of illicit drug use, sprinkles in clueless and abusive authority figures and adds a dash of John Waters for a thick, chaotic concoction.
Although, viewers will have to be patient to get to the juicy parts after a dry first half. There’s a lot of set-up to wade through before the lives of the four main protagonists starts going, literally, to hell.
We’re immediately introduced to our sad sack main character, Will (Dylan Vigus), a directionless, layabout, obese teenager who’s stuck moving to a new town with his divorced, abusive father (David Alan Graf). Almost equally immediately, Will hooks up with his stoner soulmates.
Although, viewers will have to be patient to get to the juicy parts after a dry first half. There’s a lot of set-up to wade through before the lives of the four main protagonists starts going, literally, to hell.
We’re immediately introduced to our sad sack main character, Will (Dylan Vigus), a directionless, layabout, obese teenager who’s stuck moving to a new town with his divorced, abusive father (David Alan Graf). Almost equally immediately, Will hooks up with his stoner soulmates.
- 1/5/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
New York -- Here! Films has acquired North American rights to Outfest's closing-night film, "Tru Loved."
Stewart Wade's romantic comedy stars Najarra Townsend as Tru, a new high school student with gay mothers who is mistakenly presumed to be lesbian. A date with the school's closeted quarterback and her quest to form a gay-straight alliance organization further complicates her new life in a conservative town.
Bruce Vilanch, Nichelle Nichols, Jasmine Guy, Alexandra Paul ("Baywatch"), Cynda Williams, Jane Lynch, Jake Abel ("The Lovely Bones"), Alec Mapa ("Ugly Betty") and Matthew Thompson ("Drake and Josh") round out the cast.
The film's producer, Brown Bag Productions' Antonio Brown, formed alliances with Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays; the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network; and other groups to spread word of mouth about the project.
"Loved" played at the L.A.-based film fest Monday. It will be released by Here! sister company Regent Releasing in select U.S. theaters this fall.
Stewart Wade's romantic comedy stars Najarra Townsend as Tru, a new high school student with gay mothers who is mistakenly presumed to be lesbian. A date with the school's closeted quarterback and her quest to form a gay-straight alliance organization further complicates her new life in a conservative town.
Bruce Vilanch, Nichelle Nichols, Jasmine Guy, Alexandra Paul ("Baywatch"), Cynda Williams, Jane Lynch, Jake Abel ("The Lovely Bones"), Alec Mapa ("Ugly Betty") and Matthew Thompson ("Drake and Josh") round out the cast.
The film's producer, Brown Bag Productions' Antonio Brown, formed alliances with Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays; the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network; and other groups to spread word of mouth about the project.
"Loved" played at the L.A.-based film fest Monday. It will be released by Here! sister company Regent Releasing in select U.S. theaters this fall.
- 7/22/2008
- by By Gregg Goldstein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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