With its moments of comic relief overly exaggerated and at odds with its realistic tone, Dorian Blues is at its best at its most serious.
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The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
The Hollywood ReporterFrank Scheck
Inconsequential but intermittently charming.
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Village Voice
Village Voice
Inhabiting the breezeway between the sweet sincerity of "Beautiful Thing" and the didacticism of an ABC "Afterschool Special," this upstate New York coming-out saga will warm PFLAG hearts and kindle empathy in those who've had to tread the family-drama-churned waters of small-town gaydom.
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New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
The buoyant McMillan is a charming presence, but he's entirely miscast as a character described as moody and angry.
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L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
Dorian Blues is full of similarly rigged moments, but there are genuine chuckles, and a palpably heartfelt final scene between Dorian and his mom ends the tale on a powerful note.