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Avg. Critic Score: 39 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
16 Not for kids 17 and under
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    This is one light comedy whose seriousness, hours later, lingers in the mind. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Not a great, breakout comedy, but more the kind of movie that might eventually become a regular on the midnight cult circuit. Read full review

  • 60
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    So campy it reflexively sends an elbow to its own ribs. Read full review

  • 50
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Too limp to deliver. Read full review

  • 38
    Boston Globe | Jay Carr

    It's a lame and painfully overextended satire of homophobia. Read full review

  • 30
    Variety | Emanuel Levy

    A shallow, only mildly entertaining satire Read full review

  • 25
    Philadelphia Inquirer | Desmond Ryan

    Repetitive and tedious. Read full review

  • 20
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Thomas

    Works against its goals. Read full review

  • 20
    Washington Post | Rita Kempley

    Relentlessly offensive. Read full review

  • 0
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Poisonously smug, one-joke indie comedy. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Not for kids 17 and under Gay love satire for mature older teens and up.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this movie depicts teenage gays and lesbians in their first sexual experiences. There's kissing and making out by boys with boys and girls with girls. There's also implied masturbation and one sex scene (handled discretely -- you don't see anything). Teens go to a gay bar called the Cocksucker. Parents reject their children for their sexual orientation and the teens must find a place to live when they fail to become straight. There's also some cursing, smoking, and drinking.
  • Families can talk about their feelings about homosexuality and the gay reform movement. They can also talk about gender roles and stereotypes, and whether or not they feel the pressure to conform to such rigid standards.
The good stuff
  • message true0 Positive messages: Pokes fun at anti-gay reform groups.
What to watch for
  • violence false3 Violence: The teens participate in an anti-gay rally. Graham throws a bottle at one boy.
  • sex false5 Sex: Gay sexual relationships, including kissing, making out, and one sex scene.
  • language false3 Language: Characters curse liberally.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Megan's love interest is always smoking and the whole group sneaks out, gets fake IDs, and drinks at a bar.
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