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Dorian Blues

2005, Comedy/Drama, 1h 28m

25 Reviews 1,000+ Ratings

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Dorian Blues has a familiar outline, but it's filled in with enough sharp writing and solid performances to forgive the sense of déjà vu. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

A strict conservative's (Steven Charles Fletcher) teenage son (Michael McMillian) struggles with the realization that he is gay.

Genre:

Comedy, Drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Tennyson Bardwell
Writer:

Tennyson Bardwell
Release Date (Theaters):

Sep 23, 2005 original
Release Date (Streaming):

Feb 21, 2006
Box Office (Gross USA):

$71.5K
Runtime:

1h 28m
Distributor:

TLA Releasing

Cast & Crew

Michael McMillian

Michael McMillian
Dorian Lagatos

Lea Coco
Nicky Lagatos

Steve Fletcher

Steve Fletcher
Tom Lagatos

Mo Quigley

Mo Quigley
Maria Lagatos

Sian Heder
Ellie

Chris Dallman

Chris Dallman
Andrew

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Critic Reviews for Dorian Blues

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Full Review… Ann Hornaday Washington Post

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Full Review… Lisa Kennedy Denver Post

Full Review… Wesley Morris Boston Globe

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Audience Reviews for Dorian Blues

Mar 15, 2015

Low-budget with decent acting and a pleasant script. It's nice that a light hand was applied to a film that could have been overwrought.

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Mar 13, 2011

This movie was such a pleasure for me because I saw a lot of personal experience parallels. I had no brother but the story is made so much more fun because of the brother. Fun movie!

Super Reviewer
Nov 18, 2009

Having recently watched what amounts to a seemingly endless parade of terrible excuses for GLBT Cinema, finally I have found a gem again and had my faith restored. <i>Dorian Blues</i> has obviously been made on the cheap but the incisive, relevant and realistic writing and winning lead performance (Michael McMillian) help sell this touching film. Dorian's family is fairly typical in terms of this kind of film but the interactions between him and his elder brother and his complicated relationship with his father are deftly played and the confrontation at the end of the film by his friends and his mother both surprises and feels utterly accurate and doubly poignant for that. Dorian himself is a fantastic character - quick witted but not selfish with it, he is friendly, charming, slightly goofy but with an undercurrent of quiet rage that he does not have an outlet for. This is a quietly brilliant film.

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Dec 14, 2008

Obviously low budget. Mediocre acting. Starts out promising and then becomes a soapy bunch of whiners feeling sorry for themselves.

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