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This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

I make it a general rule to dismiss any comment by someone using "trangressive" somewhere in the review.Folks I braced myself for a horrible, bloody, unredeeming movie and came away underwhelmed. Frankly, there is no gore and there is less blood in the entire movie than one sees in the first 3 minutes of any slasher film.The only reason to rate this movie low is because it is a B-movie with cheap production values and some wooden acting. Other than that, it managed to keep my interest throughout the entire film.I cannot believe people would boo this film. That is absurd. If the characters were straight, no one would have a problem. But the main characters are gay and all of a sudden, we now have "social commentary" instead of just mindless entertainment.Except for some male frontal nudity, this movie could be shown on network TV, although late-night.For those that believe all gay movies should be affirming, this movie is not for you. For those that are looking for yet another gay romantic comedy with lots of eye candy and bad acting, well there is some eye candy and bad acting, but not much romance or humor.It's not the greatest movie, it has flaws, but I didn't come away feeling as if I totally wasted my time watching it.Ignore the prudes. See the movie. Make up your own mind. You will be shocked at how mild this movie is given the strange plot and subject matter.

Being an avid fan of Cooper's novels, I purchased this film hoping that it would capture the truly disturbing yet poetic quality of his books. This film succeeds in being disturbing but falls short of being poetic. Although at times certain scenes or frames of the film border on indie film brilliance, unless you have read the book, it's certainly hard to follow--as it probably was intended to be. Parker Posey is the redeeming quality in this film--a strange quirkiness to a murderous she-devil who shows no remorse and offers no motive. It's a shame she was not introduced until much later in the film.Some other thoughts: The odd underground electronic soundtrack compliments the film well. The foreign porn star is incredibly eerie. The lead is not terribly convincing as a murderer. And...the most disturbing scene is the duct tape and broom scene.

Pretty awful. Even though I had read and loved the book, I couldn't make heads or tails of the movie. Although one thing needs to be pointed out, in the films brief conventional narrative moment, Craig Chester is brilliant as the semi-comatose whore. When his trick for the evening is trying to drag his lifeless body out of his house, Chester wakes up to ask if there was anything he could have done better for them. It's hard to explain, but in a way, that one moment almost gives this terrible, rootless film a sense of humanity that leaves an impression. I would watch the first 30 minutes again for that scene alone.

This is another of those art films that goes nowhere but gets there in style. This film is gritty and fascinating in a sick, can't help but look at the car wreck on the highway sort of way. It's not bad enough to turn off so you keep watching hoping that sanity will be restored. It won't be but you watch nonetheless.