...manages to impress thanks to its brisk, breezy pace and the uniformly personable performances.
Breakfast with Scot (2008)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:12
Rotten:14
Average Rating:5.3/10
Consensus: Though Breakfast with Scot is a well-intentioned movie with some charming performances, it suffers from sitcom humor and predictable setups.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for thematic content, some drug material and language
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Genre: Comedies
Theatrical Release:Oct 10, 2008 Limited
Synopsis:
Adapted from the novel by Michael Downing, Breakfast with Scot is a touching comedy that tells the story of a very 'straight' gay couple.
Eric (Tom Cavanagh of the hit series "ED," "Scrubs,"...
Adapted from the novel by Michael Downing, Breakfast with Scot is a touching comedy that tells the story of a very 'straight' gay couple.
Eric (Tom Cavanagh of the hit series "ED," "Scrubs," "Eli Stone") lives for all things hockey. Now in his thirties, he's managed to turn his stint as an ex- Toronto Maple Leaf into a full-time gig as commentator for sports TV. He's living the dream! But when Eric's boyfriend Sam (Ben Shenkman of "Angels in America" "Law & Order," "Canterbury's Law") announces that they're to become temporary guardians of a young boy, Eric's comfortable world shatters. Enter Scot (Noah Bernett, "Prom Wars," "Girl's Best Friend," "Last Exit, Gothika") -- a recently orphaned, swishy 11-year-old sissy-of-a-boy -- and Eric's mirror opposite. Freaked out by Scot's 'joie de vivre,' Eric and Sam gently nudge Scot away from scented hand cream and all things pink, towards a more 'acceptable' pastime – hockey. But after Scot's disastrous first game, Eric begins to rethink the compromises he's made in his own life in order to be 'accepted.'
Officially sanctioned by the NHL and the Toronto Maple Leafs, Breakfast with Scot represents the first time a professional sports league has allowed their logo and uniforms to be used in a gay-themed movie. --copy; Regent Releasing
Starring: Tom Cavanagh, Ben Shenkman, Noah Bernett, Jeananne Goossen
Starring: Tom Cavanagh, Ben Shenkman, Noah Bernett, Jeananne Goossen, Megan Follows, Sheila McCarthy, Graham Greene
Director: Laurie Lynd
Director: Laurie Lynd
Screenwriter: Sean Reycraft
Producer: Paul Brown
Composer: Robert Carli
Studio: Regent Releasing
Reviews for Breakfast with Scot
What elevates way above the merely adequate script by Sean Reycraft based on the novel by Michael Downing and Lynd's competent direction is young Noah Bernett as Scot. This kid is so great, he could give kid actors a good name again.
While Breakfast With Scot delivers the requisite humour -- not to mention some old-fashioned Christmas magic -- it stands apart for its hearty helping of food for thought.
Having the straight Tom Cavanagh and Ben Shenkman play the unwilling gay dads in Breakfast with Scot may seem like a disappointment, but this quirky, surprisingly refreshing comedy has a few tricks up its sleeve.
Breakfast With Scot is not only amusing and heartfelt, but also genuinely thoughtful about life's many unexpected turns.
Breakfast with Scot isn't much on originality, but it is sweet enough to overcome the most cynical skeptic.
The smart performances, humorous dialogue and brisk pacing of Laurie Lynd’s direction are all warm and friendly -- a nice antidote to misguided junk like I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.
A lively, realistic tone helps make this Toronto-set comedy much more than we expect, stirring in some thoughtful themes and honest emotion.
For its courage to address a ticklish subject with warmhearted humor, Breakfast With Scot, adapted from a novel by Michael Downing, deserves a light round of applause.
Even as Eric and his lawyer boyfriend, Sam, are chided for being closeted, their relationship is conveyed in anodyne, asexual fashion; the two men barely touch. Laurie Lynd doesn’t squeeze much emotion out of supporting cast members, either.
One of the worst concepts for a movie in the history of cinema. I can't really think of anyone who would like this pathetic comedy since the target audience would be put off by the homosexual angle. Avoid.
All the filmmakers are really after is a heartwarming little object lesson. ... [But] they perch their tidy little dramedy somewhere between sitcom and Movie of the Week.
The film means well, but it's hardly cutting, made notable only by Bernett's performance.
A feel-good tale with undeniably good intentions, this Canadian comedy-drama doesn't really manage to convince on any level.
The kind of gay-themed pic that won't ruffle the feathers of a granny in Manitoba, though it's bound to make more discerning auds groan.
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