Curious Thing

July. 10,2010

Rating：

6.6

Genre：

Drama Romance

Keywords：

Short Male Homosexuality Relationship

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Jared is closeted. Sam is straight. They find a connection in each other that they've never had before, but where do they go from there? Over the course of three nights, six gay men sat down for interviews about their experiences, sexual and otherwise, with straight men. Those documentary interviews provide the narration for 'Curious Thing' as we watch Jared and Sam form a friendship that tests the boundaries of what they know about love. But as Jared's walls slowly come down and his passion for Sam grows, things take an unexpected turn.

Matthew Wilkas as Sam

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Reviews

Actuakers

2010/07/10

One of my all time favorites.

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Inmechon

2010/07/11

The movie's only flaw is also a virtue: It's jammed with characters, stories, warmth and laughs.

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ActuallyGlimmer

2010/07/12

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

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Verity Robins

2010/07/13

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

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Horst in Translation ([email protected])

2010/07/14

The 2010 "Curious Thing" is a 9-minute live action short film that is part documentary / part acting. The director is Alain Hain, the writer is Jason Mills. It is about two males between whom romance appeared out of nowhere despite one of them having a girlfriend. I think this was really badly executed. There were two scenes that were extremely cringeworthy in particular, first of all the soft hand touching on the sofa and secondly the kissing and arguing outside. These did feel neither realistic nor authentic. I can only feel sorry for audiences who find these scenes touching. And in the end, oh well, it was all nothing for one of the guys and he is married with a child now of course. But hey it's okay. Everybody's happy right? I am not happy because I just watched a really bad film. Stay far far away.

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