When "Hedwig and Angry Inch" had premiere, I pass it up. Didn't like the subject (drag queen) so much, that I didn't have a need for this kind of movie. Six years later and the movie was still getting good reviews, so I checked it out. I was amazed, how hard movie about drag queen can rock. I can't stop listening to the songs from that movie months after the show (Origin of love for example), so Shortbus was must see. This movie is prefect blend of controversial Larry Clark with sensibility of Michel Gondry. The main problem described here is sex dressed up as love, and love dressed up as sex. We have story of few people (straight couple, gay couple, dominatrix and her pet) that connect with each other in New York underground clubhouse called Shortbus. First of all beware this is as much graphic as it gets (gay shooting load into his mouth) but underneath it are real people, real problems, and a lot of truth about relationships in present times its just like one drag queen says here "It's just like the 60's. Only with less hope". So its shocking, but sincere slices of lives of John Mitchel Cameron and his friends in search for a blessed orgasm. If you like "Hedwig" this is must see, but if you easily offend by the gay stuff beware this one really goes overboard sometimes, just like Larry Clark.