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[Writer-director] Bardwell offers a cheerful, if sometimes strenuously earnest, take on a subject that seems overdue for a lighthearted touch. Jan 12, 2006 | Full Review…
[Writer-director] Bardwell offers a cheerful, if sometimes strenuously earnest, take on a subject that seems overdue for a lighthearted touch.
Ann Hornaday
Dorian Blues makes me yearn for the day that audiences have become so comfortable enough with this subgenre that a clever director can make a spoof in which many if not all of the conventions get lampooned. Dec 2, 2005 | Rating: 2/4
Dorian Blues makes me yearn for the day that audiences have become so comfortable enough with this subgenre that a clever director can make a spoof in which many if not all of the conventions get lampooned.
Lisa Kennedy
Rarely feels fresh. It's special, but in an after-school sort of way. Nov 4, 2005 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Rarely feels fresh. It's special, but in an after-school sort of way.
Wesley Morris
While Bardwell's screenplay wobbles somewhat in tone, it displays enough wit and charm to compensate for its lack of polish. Oct 28, 2005
While Bardwell's screenplay wobbles somewhat in tone, it displays enough wit and charm to compensate for its lack of polish.
Frank Scheck
The linchpin relationship is the underlying deep bond between the two brothers, and the scenes between McMillian and Coco are well written and equally well played. Oct 6, 2005 | Full Review…
The linchpin relationship is the underlying deep bond between the two brothers, and the scenes between McMillian and Coco are well written and equally well played.
Kevin Thomas
A palpably heartfelt final scene between Dorian and his mom ends the tale on a powerful note. Oct 6, 2005
A palpably heartfelt final scene between Dorian and his mom ends the tale on a powerful note.
Ernest Hardy
It's a sweet and likable movie, if not an expert one, and a respectable entry in the genre. Apr 10, 2006 | Rating: B | Full Review…
It's a sweet and likable movie, if not an expert one, and a respectable entry in the genre.
Eric D. Snider
fun and satisfying %u2014 if not truly groundbreaking Feb 25, 2006 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
fun and satisfying %u2014 if not truly groundbreaking
Don Willmott
McMillian and the big Coco are excellent, and Fletcher makes something scarily comical of dad's hardball glares and proudly Nixonian grievances. Dec 9, 2005 | Rating: 3/4
McMillian and the big Coco are excellent, and Fletcher makes something scarily comical of dad's hardball glares and proudly Nixonian grievances.
David Elliott
Dorian Blues has wit, humor, good performances, and clever technique that catapults the film into the front ranks of coming-out movies. Dec 6, 2005 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
Dorian Blues has wit, humor, good performances, and clever technique that catapults the film into the front ranks of coming-out movies.
Marjorie Baumgarten
May not break new ground, but thanks to some sharp writing and ingratiating performances, it farms the old fields quite productively. Nov 8, 2005 | Rating: B | Full Review…
May not break new ground, but thanks to some sharp writing and ingratiating performances, it farms the old fields quite productively.
Frank Swietek
The movie is occasionally funny and it has charm, mostly thanks to Michael McMillian. It's not exactly original, but it is borderline entertaining. Nov 4, 2005 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The movie is occasionally funny and it has charm, mostly thanks to Michael McMillian. It's not exactly original, but it is borderline entertaining.
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
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.
Super Reviewer
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. Dorian Blues 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.
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!
Obviously low budget. Mediocre acting. Starts out promising and then becomes a soapy bunch of whiners feeling sorry for themselves.
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