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Boys Life 3

Boys Life 3

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  • France,
  • United States
  • 2000
  • · 79m

Directors Gregory Cooke, Jason Gould, Bradley Rust Gray, Lane Janger, David Fourier
Cast Jennifer Esposito, Guillermo Díaz, Joelle Carter, Alexis Arquette, Ellen Gerstein, Anne De Salvo

Jason Gould satirizes coming out in Hollywood in Inside Out, starring Alexis Arquette and papa Elliot Gould. Lane Janger's Just One Time was a festival favorite recently expanded into a feature film that turns the tables on a groom-to-be and his fantasies of sex with two women. Bradley Rust Gray's Hitch follows two attractive young guys on a dizzying road trip that leads them toward sexual self-discovery. David Fournier's Majorettes in Space is a witty French spoof of post-modern sex, romance, relationships, the Pope and baton-twirling majorettes. And, Gregory Cooke's $30 is the bittersweet story of a closeted teen presented with a young prostitute on his 16th birthday.

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What are critics saying?

67

Austin Chronicle by Marrit Ingman

An indie grab bag.

63

Philadelphia Inquirer by Desmond Ryan

Not up to the freshness and inventiveness of its predecessors.

50

L.A. Weekly by Chuck Wilson

More problematic is "Inside Out," starring Jason Gould, who also wrote and directed, based on his own experiences as the son of Barbra Streisand and Elliott Gould.

50

Boston Globe

A mixed bag. With such a brief running time, there are not enough high points to recommend the five shorts that make up the film.

50

Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas

Lively, amusing collection of five films that take a wry look at being gay.

50

Film.com by Ernest Hardy

The latest installment in the "Boys Life" series has just as many hits as misses -- more misses, actually -- but the high points easily stand alongside past triumphs.

40

Village Voice by Dennis Lim

French director David Fourier's six-minute mock-instructional free association, "Majorettes in Space," is alone almost worth the price of admission.

40

TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh

Professionally produced and surprisingly tame.

40

Chicago Reader by Lisa Alspector

The best short on this program of five is Bradley Rust Gray's 18-minute "Hitch."

30

The New York Times by A.O. Scott

Pallid compared with the flaming id of television's "Will and Grace," the happy swizzle stick Jack, who's all appetites. When series television is more entertaining than a series of short independent films, that's something to worry about.