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Testosterone (2003)

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Reviews Counted:31

Fresh:2

Rotten:29

Average Rating:3.5/10

Consensus: Testosterone is a poorly executed attempt at film noir that follows good-looking yet bland characters through an ultimately aimless plot.

Rated: R

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Sep 10, 2004 Limited

Synopsis: Dean Seagrave (David Sutcliffe), a brilliant graphic novelist with writer’s block, hasn’t been himself lately. Not long ago his sex-bomb Argentine lover Pablo (Antonio Sabato, Jr.) left their... Dean Seagrave (David Sutcliffe), a brilliant graphic novelist with writer’s block, hasn’t been himself lately. Not long ago his sex-bomb Argentine lover Pablo (Antonio Sabato, Jr.) left their California beach house on a cigarette run, and he hasn’t been seen since. This exodus is particularly complicated for Dean because Pablo was meant to be the answer to all of Dean’s problems. That was the plan, anyway. Unable to work, sleep or even drag a razor across his face, Dean does what any self-respecting romantic would do in this situation: he blows off his deadline, throws some clothes in a bag and books a flight on Aerolineas, Argentinas. Destination: Closure. Once in Buenos Aires, Dean tries to track down his beloved Pablo, but this proves more difficult than he anticipated. In addition to the language barrier, Dean gradually discovers that practically everyone he encounters – from Pablo’s domineering mother (Sonia Braga) to the beautiful café owner Sofia (Celina Font), all the way to a guy he picks up in a bookstore (Leonardo Brzezicki) – is not what they seem. By the time Dean and Pablo are re-united, the lines between art and life, resolution and revenge, man and maniac, have all gone fuzzy. Dean abandons all better judgment, and with his broken heart practically leaking blood and testosterone pumping through his veins, he puts a machete on his credit card and heads off to have one last talk with Pablo. -- © Strand Releasing [More]

Starring: David Sutcliffe, Antonio Sabato, Sonia Braga, Jennifer Coolidge

Starring: David Sutcliffe, Antonio Sabato, Sonia Braga, Jennifer Coolidge

Director: David Moreton

Director: David Moreton
Studio: Strand Releasing

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Limply scripted and flatly paced.

Full Review Source: E! Online | comment Comment
09/11/04
E! Online

This is a movie in which things happen for no reason other than that the director wills them to happen in order for something else to happen, logic be damned.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
11/26/04
Achy Obejas
Achy Obejas
Chicago Tribune

Broken hearts and testosterone don't mix well with machetes (I think I would have preferred watching the 10 months of romance that they skipped over in the beginning).

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
12/03/04
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

The tone-challenged movie is meant to be a dark comedy, but there are long stretches without laughs.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
12/09/04
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Moreton assembled all the right elements -- a piquant premise, a strong cast and intriguing locale -- without bothering to provide a proper script, a truly fatal flaw.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
09/18/04
David Noh
David Noh
Film Journal International

Awkwardly juggles screwball and noir elements with macabre black comedy in a mix that calls for a far lighter, more stylish touch than the obvious one at work here.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
09/10/04
David Rooney
David Rooney
Variety

Starts quirky, grows steadily darker, doesn't build much excitement.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
09/09/04
David Sterritt
David Sterritt
Christian Science Monitor

The movie's primary interest seems to be in following several good-looking men wherever they care to meander.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
12/17/04
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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incredibly plot-heavy yet feels light as a feather

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04/01/05
Don Willmott
Don Willmott
Filmcritic.com

Slickly packaged and nicely shot, the movie is as easy on the eyes as its good-looking cast. It's also as confused as its hero.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
09/10/04
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News

The film’s major objective appears to be showing cute men doing suggestive things. But if that’s your thing, why not just look at pictures? Why ruin it with a story?

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
11/27/04
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

Both the people and the plot become so riddled with illogic and inconsistency that you don't care -- or fully buy it -- when an explanation, of sorts, gels in the end.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
09/09/04
Ernest Hardy
Ernest Hardy
L.A. Weekly

Never manages to reconcile its conflicting tones and ultimately lacks the wit necessary to fuel its outlandish plotting.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
09/29/04
Frank Scheck
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter

Heavy on the eye candy, light on plot and logic.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
10/22/04
Joe Brown
Joe Brown
San Francisco Chronicle

[Relies] on a creaky plot and gaping lapses in plausibility.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
12/17/04
John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press

A more accurate title would be Melatonin.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
09/07/04
Jorge Morales
Jorge Morales
Village Voice

Instead of a new kind of gay protagonist, Moreton serves up a macho drama queen with serious abandonment issues.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
09/10/04
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

A confident, shrewd comedy, at once sexy and gleefully nasty.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
09/09/04
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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If you want to see a movie with some real chops about gays in Argentina, rent Wong Kar Wai's still-hip, still-smoldering Happy Together from 1997, and happier you will be.

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
11/04/04
Laura Kelly
Laura Kelly
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

It's evident that Dean is capable of getting many other good-looking boyfriends if he so desires -- why get so worked up over one who's a jackass?

Full Review Source: New Times | comment Comment
10/22/04
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times
 
 
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