A young man is in art school in Chicago. He has turned to prostitution after his parents disown him when he comes out so that he can continue to afford his apartment and also pay for his education. His boyfriend of three years comes to visit, notices that one of the tricks is an anti-gay celebrity author, and the two concoct a blackmail scheme to get enough money to get married and allow the student to stop turning tricks.
I was excited to see this film after enjoying the brothers' first film, Wrecked. While it was enjoyable, topical, and had a good storyline, the film lacked the dramatic tension that would have made it memorable. We hear about the family disownment but miss the opportunity to it; we get a summary of the turn to prostitution but don't see the process that led him there; we see the boyfriend told about the prostitution the evening after he proposes and he hardly bats an eye other than asking if there's any other job he can get; there's a hint that the lead character may be jealous of his boyfriend's supportive family, but that doesn't come out in the drama either; we hear about the blackmail target's potential for violence but don't feel or see it, and this doesn't really give a strong personal motive for the lead character to engage in the blackmail; the ending of the story seems a bit too "and they lived happily ever after" with the wife bringing the bag of money, the hypocrite changing his public positions, and a happy marriage.
I thought the explicit sex had an un-erotic quality, which was perfect in the prostitution scenes, but I wanted to see the passion in the relationship with the boyfriend in their scenes, whether it was sexual passion or not.
I don't see any projects coming down the line for the brothers when I do an Internet search. I hope to see more than them, and hope they will take more advantage of opportunities to build dramatic tension in their films. The sort of lack of dramatic tension in their first film worked with the plot, but that can't translate to other situations effectively.
I was excited to see this film after enjoying the brothers' first film, Wrecked. While it was enjoyable, topical, and had a good storyline, the film lacked the dramatic tension that would have made it memorable. We hear about the family disownment but miss the opportunity to it; we get a summary of the turn to prostitution but don't see the process that led him there; we see the boyfriend told about the prostitution the evening after he proposes and he hardly bats an eye other than asking if there's any other job he can get; there's a hint that the lead character may be jealous of his boyfriend's supportive family, but that doesn't come out in the drama either; we hear about the blackmail target's potential for violence but don't feel or see it, and this doesn't really give a strong personal motive for the lead character to engage in the blackmail; the ending of the story seems a bit too "and they lived happily ever after" with the wife bringing the bag of money, the hypocrite changing his public positions, and a happy marriage.
I thought the explicit sex had an un-erotic quality, which was perfect in the prostitution scenes, but I wanted to see the passion in the relationship with the boyfriend in their scenes, whether it was sexual passion or not.
I don't see any projects coming down the line for the brothers when I do an Internet search. I hope to see more than them, and hope they will take more advantage of opportunities to build dramatic tension in their films. The sort of lack of dramatic tension in their first film worked with the plot, but that can't translate to other situations effectively.