Within the terms of broad, even crude comedy the pic sets for itself, Eating Out is funny more often than not, hilarious on occasion.
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04/07/05
Eating Out (2005)
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Reviews Counted:25
Fresh:4
Rotten:21
Average Rating:3.8/10
Consensus: The cast recites lines of forced wit that aren't funny, and the clunky plot has too many contrivances.
Theatrical Release:Apr 8, 2005 Limited
Synopsis: Set in the Arizona Sonoran desert EATING OUT stars Scott Lunsford as Caleb, a hunky straight college student, who falls for Gwen (Emily Stiles). Caleb's gay roommate, Kyle (Jim Verraros), convinces... [More]
Starring: Jim Verraros, Ryan Carnes
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Reviews for Eating Out
Top CriticYou almost want a sequel just to see how hot and heavy it gets when all the characters are finally matched up with their appropriate partners.
12/23/05
Everything you wished Will & Grace would be.
04/09/05
A sweet and funny take on the crossed-wire romantic couplings of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
06/10/05
Top CriticWhile the filmmaker's ambition to give queer cinema a dopey sex comedy of its own is laudable, the results, unfortunately, fail on a base level. It just isn't very funny.
05/12/05
Eating Out is a sometimes-enjoyable trifle. But make no mistake. It's a trifle.
04/28/05
Top CriticThe way these characters are written tells us nothing about them and everything about the guy who wrote and directed this movie, whose name is Q. Allen Brocka and who may be the only person who will actually find it amusing.
05/19/05
While there’s zero chemistry between any of them in any combination, there is an awful lot of the excruciatingly shrill Gwen.
04/14/05
In this dreary erotic roundelay, Caleb (Scott Lunsford) is a straight man who likes tough women.
04/07/05
The story doesn't make any real sense, and the production values are home movie-cheap.
04/08/05
A less-than-satisfying cinematic meal.
04/29/05
It's too formulaic, much too obvious and features some of the most unpleasant characters in recent film history.
06/10/05
It's cute enough but fails to deliver.
04/29/05
A tasteless comedy that nevertheless leaves a nasty flavor on the tongue.
04/08/05
A slight sex comedy that would work far better on stage than screen, where it seems far too talky and too slow.
04/07/05
Top CriticThis low-budget college-campus farce succeeds in being occasionally playful but is mostly annoying.
04/28/05
May be predictable and silly, but it's never dull.
04/08/05
Top CriticIt's just too bad it's not still stuck in a plain brown wrapper.
06/04/05
Not every filmmaker can be the next American Idol.
04/05/05
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