Along the way there are sneaky flourishes of surreal style to perk up the film's drab, low-budget realism.
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11/16/01
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The Fluffer (2001)
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Reviews Counted:44
Fresh:20
Rotten:24
Average Rating:5.2/10
Consensus: Though it begins promisingly enough, The Fluffer eventually descends into melodrama.
Theatrical Release:Nov 16, 2001 Limited
Synopsis: The Fluffer is a movie about obsession, submission, money, and sexuality. The story centers on Johnny Rebel a porn star with a paradox. Although he is a hot-blooded heterosexual male, Johnny... [More]
Starring: Michael Cunio, Deborah Harry, Mickey Cattrell, Guinevere Turner
Director: Richard Glatzer, Wash West
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Reviews for The Fluffer
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12/29/02
It's smarter more often than it's dumb, and gosh darn it, Debbie Harry's in it!
11/16/01
This scrappy little film is informed with a lot of truth about not only the Viagara-ridden porn business, but obsessional human behavior.
12/11/01
Starts off as a spoof of the world of pornographic moviemaking, then smoothly turns into a gripping study of codependency.
01/02/02
Saturated with deep, rich color and low-key visual wit, and graced with sympathetic performances.
09/30/02
Glatzer and West's entertaining film mixes comedy with a more serious, if slightly unconvincing, end message about infatuation.
01/21/02
A crisp and credible behind-the-scenes drama.
11/16/01
Top CriticA witty, sad, informed view of obsession, submission and the sex industry.
02/21/02
Top CriticThe film never follows its own logic, but also never goes down the path you think it will
08/19/02
It won me over with its complete lack of timidity and soapbox grandstanding that plague many other gay films.
03/24/02
Ultimately emerges as a coming-of-age odyssey of notable substance and honesty.
01/18/02
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10/26/02
The story line doesn't always deliver, but performances by Cunio and Gurney keep things interesting.
02/26/02
The performances are more than serviceable and The Fluffer is well-paced and engaging until the flaccid climax.
11/16/01
Top CriticScreenwriter and co-director West -- who works in gay porn -- evinces an easy and even-handed familiarity with the milieu, and his characters only occasionally lapse into broad caricature.
11/15/01
For the most part a disarming, charming, and frequently cynical exercise in mordant humor.
02/24/02
More tasteful, sensitive and original than you might imagine.
03/29/02
Top CriticSeveral notches above the usual gay-themed indie.
12/20/01
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