Tru Loved (2008)

The movie is crummy on several levels, yet its desire to help make the world more loving and tolerant is so pure-hearted that criticizing it seems almost mean-spirited.

Wade's extremely low budget film is hampered by badly recorded dialogue and a script that tries to cram too many issues and characters in.

Too bad it's not better, because in many ways it's a coming-out movie with a difference.

There isn't really much that differentiates Tru Loved from any other low-budget indie film. It isn't unique visually and a lot of the acting is what, at best, could be called amateur.

The film surely means well with enormous messages of tolerance and self-esteem, but when Loved digs in with broad caricatures of homophobia and all-purpose intolerance, the movie can be a supreme chore to sit through.