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Tru Loved (2008)

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Reviews Counted:9

Fresh:5

Rotten:4

Average Rating:5.2/10

Rated: Not Rated

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Oct 17, 2008 Limited

Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old Tru is uprooted by her lesbian moms from her comfortable gay-friendly home in San Francisco and moved to a conservative, suburban community in Southern California. Tru’s only... Sixteen-year-old Tru is uprooted by her lesbian moms from her comfortable gay-friendly home in San Francisco and moved to a conservative, suburban community in Southern California.

Tru’s only friend is a closeted football player, and even that friendship is jeopardized when she starts the school’s first Gay-Straight Alliance.--© Regent Releasing [More]

Starring: Najarra Townsend, Jake Abel, Bruce Vilanch, Jasmine Guy

Starring: Najarra Townsend, Jake Abel, Bruce Vilanch, Jasmine Guy, Matthew Thompson, Marcia Wallace, Nichelle Nichols, Alec Mapa, Cynda Williams, Alexandra Paul

Director: Stewart Wade

Director: Stewart Wade
Producer: Antonio Brown
Composer: Barry Coffing
Studio: Regent Releasing

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The world is not quite as nicely rainbow-hued as the film wishes it were at the end, but, if nothing else, Tru Loved makes us hope all the more that it can be one day.

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10/31/08
David Wiegand
David Wiegand
San Francisco Chronicle
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This plodding plea for tolerance would barely pass muster as an after-school special.

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10/24/08
Stephen Farber
Stephen Farber
Hollywood Reporter
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Content, bolstered by some solid performances, triumphs over form: The film is engaging, timely and courageous.

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10/24/08
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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Worthless drivel for the gay-lesbian market.

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10/20/08
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An entertaining tolerance lesson targeted at teens.

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10/18/08
Dennis Harvey
Dennis Harvey
Variety
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Tru Loved is worth a look for the supporting cast alone.

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10/18/08
Maureen M. Hart
Maureen M. Hart
Chicago Tribune
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Does the world need yet another peppy gay self-esteem indie like Tru Loved? Probably not, though the writer and director Stewart Wade pulls this one off with heart.

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10/17/08
Nathan Lee
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New York Times
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I'm sure its heart is in the right place, but it fails at fundamentals we take for granted when we go to the movies.

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10/16/08
Roger Ebert
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Chicago Sun-Times
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Fluffiness aside, the film's multicultural microcosm does have a giddying effect: Tru Loved offers a utopic vision of inclusiveness you wish the world would embrace.

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10/15/08
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