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Your Learning Zone - Sugar
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List Price: $7.99
Our Price: $6.31
Your Save: $ 1.68 ( 21% )
Availability: Usually ships in 7 to 10 days
Manufacturer: TLA Releasing
Starring: Andre Noble, Marnie McPhail, Haylee Wanstall, Dorothy Gordon, Jeffrey Parazzo
Directed By: John Palmer
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0821575519878
Format: Color
Label: TLA Releasing
Manufacturer: TLA Releasing
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: TLA Releasing
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-11-16
Running Time: 78
Studio: TLA Releasing
Theatrical Release Date: 2004
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Summary: i am Joel, Caulfield
Comment: sorry to use this to ask you, but would you please not consider posting my review of the movie "Sugar" that I sent in earlier today? Again, I apologize for not knowing the link to use to ask you this.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not bad
Comment: I wish I could give this movie a bad review, but I can't. I disagree with the grim picture it paints of gay culture, however, the story was entertaining and I imagine somewhere the events in the movie may be plausible. The storyline was not excellent, but it wasen't bad. The acting was great also. If you do buy it, buy something to balance it out afterwards, like Trick or Beautiful Thing.
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Summary: Total crap
Comment: I couldn't even get through the first 15 minutes of this strange and choppy film. Nothing felt connected, there was no real character development and I had no idea why I should like any of the people or care about them. Honestly I don't get what anyone saw in this film that rated it above two stars...obviously opinions vary quite a bit in what is considered a "good" film, but if you just want to see naked young men and no discernable story...this is the film for you.
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Summary: I Thought It Was Kinda Sweet....
Comment: ... until the story ended, which was somewhat bitter.... Andre Noble played well as Cliff (I thought the name totally doesn't fit him). Despite his co-star Bredan Fehr is cute (I swear he was an A&F model), but I agree with another reviewer this is clearly Andre Noble's film. I do not believe the film would work without his glowing eyes and smile.
It's a nice coming-of-age story. Though it's kinda like Boogie Night-ish type of coming-of-age. I don't think I like the ending, despite it's a "happy ending" but it's not that happy, but more like c'est la vie.
Despite Cliff was a virgin (when the movie started, at least...), but I don't think he acted very virginal... (not Claire Dane in My So Called Life kind of virginal, which is totally over-the-top). He knew what (or who, rather...) he wanted, then he explored, had fun, and got hurt along the way. The real amazing thing part is, he got over it in no time.... That's not bad for a first-timer.... Virgin? (*buzz*)
In any case, I think a lot of people judge this film too harshly. I personally think it's a sweet story of a gay man who must get over the fact that life isn't always on high speed....
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Summary: Sand in the Sugar
Comment: Q: What do you get when you mix a bad screenplay with no plot, unbelievable situations like the little sister, bad production values and scenes inserted only to shock (pardon the pun) like the servicing of the 500 lb. woman? A: Sugar!
Cliff has an identity crisis. Big deal. So what? Which one of us hasn't at some point in our lives? So he turns to drugs and hustling. I know that was my chosen path of enlightenment.
Unlikable characters, flimsy plot, bad production values (everything is so dark I had to adjust the brightness on my monitor) and situations that are so far-fetched they are more appropriate for a comic book. This trashy film asks us to suspend disbelief so often you'll feel like you were hired by your local electric company to string power lines.
Other reviewers have called this film gritty. It's gritty, all right. Gritty like sand in your sugar.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Based on several short stories by writer Bruce LeBruce, Sugar is a provocative and funny coming of age love story. Cliff, a gay teen, is restless in his sheltered suburban life, and anxious to have his first sexual experience. One night, while downtown, he meets a tough street hustler, Butch, who introduces him to a world of sex, drugs, prostitution and life on the streets. Romance blossoms between the two until drugs begin to pull them apart. Realistic and challenging, Sugar is about coming out and coming of age.
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