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More interested in romance than sex, Formula 17 swoons with youthful innocence.
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What are critics saying?
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Village Voice by Akiva Gottlieb
It might be, empirically speaking, the gayest movie ever released.
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While it has about as much depth and nuance as the bubblegum Sino-pop tunes that pepper its soundtrack, Formula 17 is a fresh, sweet-natured affair with an attractive young cast that should play to the gay-teen niche.
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New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
At least it's as sweet as it is superficial.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
A giddy romp that never takes itself seriously in the slightest, and that makes Taipei look like the center of the gay universe.
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There are no women or straight men left in Taipei. At least that's the impression left by Formula 17, in which every single person (except for one child) is a gay cutie.