The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green

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The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green

R

2005

1h 28m

Romance

Comedy

LGBTQ+

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A young man named Ethan (Daniel Letterle) is head-over-heels in love with an ex-baseball player (Diego Serrano) who has just revealed in a new book that he is gay. Meanwhile, a former lover (David Monahan) plots to sell Ethan's house, prompting him to enlist the aid of a hot guy (Dean Shelton) and a real-estate agent (Rebecca Lowman) to prevent the sale from going through.

Critics Consensus

Ethan Green makes for an annoying protagonist, the jokes aren't funny, and everyone is as flat as the paper the comic is printed on.

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

08/10/2006

The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green can't be accused of false advertising. This adaptation of the underground comic strip is mostly unfabulous.

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Marrit Ingman

Austin Chronicle

08/06/2006

2/5

There's just not enough real heart to go along with the cutesiness.

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Moira MacDonald

Seattle Times

08/04/2006

2/4

George Bamber's film is bouncy and agreeable but has a certain flatness to it; never making the case for its existence as a movie rather than a comic strip.

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David Lamble

Bay Area Reporter

05/12/2020

Writer David Vernon and director George Bamber have adroitly mined the best gags and one-liners from the strip, surrounded Ethan with a Dawson's Creek-quality supporting ensemble...

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Dave White

Movies.com

07/06/2010

B

Lead characters who are completely unlikable fly right in the face of what most filmmakers think the audience wants. But I'll take that any day over a blandly nice character.

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Bill White

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

08/03/2006

D

The drawings of Eric Orner's comic strip on which the movie is based are more animated than the actors who fail to give any dimension to their characters.

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Timur B

@RT27864847 02/20/2023

The film has hilarious and unforgettable moments!

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02/11/2014

Fun and not serious at all.... Enjoy!

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01/05/2014

Stupid story. All it has going for it is some hot guys.

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12/18/2013

a 2 yuck gay-com but no 'the birdcage" here

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12/03/2013

I kind of loved this movie.

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12/26/2012

I was not expecting much from this movie but I really enjoyed watching it. It won't solve world peace but it is a nice movie about how to love and not run from happiness.

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Synopsis

A young man named Ethan (Daniel Letterle) is head-over-heels in love with an ex-baseball player (Diego Serrano) who has just revealed in a new book that he is gay. Meanwhile, a former lover (David Monahan) plots to sell Ethan's house, prompting him to enlist the aid of a hot guy (Dean Shelton) and a real-estate agent (Rebecca Lowman) to prevent the sale from going through.

Director: George Bamber
Producer: Steve Brooksbank, Todd Y. Murata
Screenwriter: David Vernon
Production Co: Production/Zone Inc.
Rating: R (Language|Strong Sexual Content)
Genre: Romance, Comedy, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 29, 2005, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Jun 16, 2006
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 2, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $152.8K
Runtime: 1h 28m