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Boys Life 3

2000, Movie, NR, 79 mins

Boys Life 3: Review

BOYS LIFE 3
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Five short films, all produced between 1996 and 1999 and ranging in length from less than seven minutes to nearly half an hour, make up this gay-themed compilation. They're all both professionally produced and surprisingly tame; none has the sparkle of the ferociously witty Karen Black Like Me, which is included in part two of the competing BOYS IN LOVE series. French writer-director David Fourier's Majorettes in Space (1996) uses an absurd juxtaposition of images and voiceover commentary to dissect societal attitudes towards sex. Set against a harsh desert landscape, Bradley Rust Gray's hITCH (1999) follows two friends, one gay and one straight, on a long, sexually charged road trip. The collection's centerpiece and longest entry is Jason Gould's self-indulgent and apparently semi-autobiographical Inside Out (1996). Gould — the son of Barbra Streisand and Elliott Gould — stars as Aaron, the gay son of two celebrities. He's hounded by tabloid reporters, attends group therapy for celebrity brats (Christina Crawford, playing herself, runs the group), hangs out with his father (played by his real-life dad), gets mixed up with aggressive Scientologists, attends his half-brother Simon's (Gould's half-brother Sam) trial for streaking, and faces down the paparazzo (Jon Polito) who's been stalking him. You'd think someone of Gould's background would have something perceptive to say about the perils of celebrity, but you'd be wrong. The short film that inspired the feature of the same name and cast, Lane Janger's smug Just One Time (1998), chronicles the comeuppance of loutish Anthony (Janger), who wants his financée (Joelle Carter) to get with another woman just one time. The closing film, $30 — directed by Gregory Cooke and written by Christopher Landon — is a trifle in which a closeted teenager (Erik MacArthur) is given a session with a compassionate hooker (Sara Gilbert, formerly of TV's Roseanne) by his dad. The script is clichéd, but Gilbert and MacArthur have charming chemistry that brings to life the unlikely bond shared by their characters. leave a comment --Maitland McDonagh
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