Average Rating: 4.5/10
Reviews Counted: 25
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 20
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Average Rating: 5.3/10
Critic Reviews: 8
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 5
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A man hoping to move out of the closet falls into a trap of drug-fueled hedonism in this cautionary drama. John (Jonathan Wade Drahos) is a police officer from a small town who is forced to leave his career behind when it is discovered that he's gay. Hoping to find more tolerant surroundings, John moves to West Hollywood and rents an apartment with Nina (Kiersten Warren), an old friend from his high school days. One night, John attends a party where he meets Hector (Andre Khabazzi), an
Jul 13, 2001 Wide
Dec 10, 2002
Swift Distribution
All Critics (31) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (20) | DVD (3)
Like most movies about the pitfalls of bad behavior ... Circuit gets drawn into the party.
Like Showgirls and Glitter, the most entertaining moments here are unintentional.
It's too soap opera-ish to carry the heavy weight of the morality play Shafer has fashioned.
A sudsy cautionary tale.
A solid, more polished follow-up to Shafer's 1996 autobiographical mockumentary Man of the Year.
Succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subculture.
The film itself is about something very interesting and odd that would probably work better as a real documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative.
Kitschy, flashy, overlong soap opera.
Mostly, Shafer and co-writer Gregory Hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint, or a sense of humor.
Director Dirk Shafer and co-writer Greg Hinton ride the dubious divide where gay porn reaches for serious drama.
What's most memorable about Circuit is that it's shot on digital video, whose tiny camera enables Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb.
It's a thin notion, repetitively stretched out to feature length, awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects, droning house music and flat, flat dialogue.
Be warned, this is not for the squeamish. This raw and true to form story of being a Circuit boy, is shocking and beautifully filmed with some gorgeous men.
September 13, 2009
This is an interesting movie. I wish it were exaggerating the circuit life, but I suspect not. Fortunately, the circuit does not represent all of gay life or all gay men.
February 25, 2009
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