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Mulligans
by WOLFE VIDEO
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DVD
WOLFE VIDEO
Publisher: WOLFE VIDEO
Alice Brooks
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Actors: Thea Gill, Dan Payne, Charlie David, Derek James, Grace Vukovic
Sweet, smart, and funny, Mulligans is more than a poignant family drama; more than a coming out movie. Straight college jock Tyler brings his best friend Chase to his family s lakeside home for summer vacation. The Davidson family welcomes Chase but as the summer blossoms, unexpected attractions flare. Tyler s Mom Stacey tries to keep it all together while Tyler s Dad Nathan valiantly struggles
Sweet, smart, and funny, Mulligans is more than a poignant family drama; more than a coming out movie.
Straight college jock Tyler brings his best friend Chase to his family s lakeside home for summer vacation. The Davidson family welcomes Chase but as the summer blossoms, unexpected attractions flare. Tyler s Mom Stacey tries to keep it all together while Tyler s Dad Nathan valiantly struggles with his long suppressed sexuality.
Exceptionally well-written and packed with great performances from a strong cast that includes Charlie David (Dante s Cove, A Four Letter Word), Thea Gill (Queer as Folk), Dan Payne (Watchmen), Derek James and newcomer Grace Vukovic.
This well-meaning Canadian indie opens with the explanation that a "mulligan" in golf parlance means "a second chance to perform a certain move or action." Golf enthusiast Nathan Davidson (Watchmen's Dan Payne) seems to have it all--good looks, a beautiful wife, a big house by the beach--until a chance encounter forces him to face the truth (oddly, the screenplay fails to identify the source of his financial largesse). When Nathan's college-aged son, Tyler (Derek Baynham), arrives for a summer stay with his best friend, Chase (writer/producer Charlie David), an aspiring artist, Nathan bonds more easily with the friend than the son. From the start, it's clear that Chase has no interest in girls, but the self-obsessed Tyler fails to notice. While he cavorts with his girlfriend, stay-at-home mom Stacy (Thea Gill, Queer as Folk) looks after his younger sister, and Chase and Nathan enter into a secret affair. Naturally, it won't stay secret forever. Mulligans tackles a sensitive subject in a tasteful, if unadventurous manner, i.e. the actors have a certain chiseled soap-star look and convey inner turmoil by staring into space as piano music plays in the background. For those who find the omni-sexual films of, say, Todd Haynes unsettling (especially Far from Heaven), such unthreatening moves may help the medicine go down easier, but there's no rule that a coming-out film can't take a few chances. Even so, certain moments will surely hit home with anyone who's ever tumbled into a family secret or two. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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| worth watching |
| Customer Rating: 4 out of 5 |
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Some of the negative reviews are a bit harsh in my opinion. I liked this film. Certainly it falls short here and there...but what do you expect from lower-budget films? With a few tweaks here and there this movie could have been excellent.
The main problem was with some of the story development. I'd have liked to have seen more in-depth dialogue and a bit more romance between the father and Chase. One of my main beefs in many of these gay themed movies is the lack of passion between the men. With "Mulligan" you even have one of the actors's who is an out gay man. (Charlie David even wrote this movie) Knowing this, the closed-mouthed, barely passionate kiss really ruined the "big scene" IMO.
Overall the story was good. The photography was up-scale and the actors do a fine job given the budget and what I'm sure were time constraints making this film. It's worth watching.
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| Afternoon TV Coming Out of the Closet Drama - oh Hum |
| Customer Rating: 2 out of 5 |
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A Dad Coming Out of the Closet Story; this film spun like an After School TV Drama - oh hum. The story idea could have produced an interesting plot, however I felt this film was lacking in substance; there was barely a hint of Sexual Tension and the Big Moment of Crossing the Lines was anticlimactic {this would have been a HUGE step for anyone who was about to engage such a Taboo, however there just was not enough depth in this scene) and the Dramatic Melody used in the movie was soooo overused it drilled into your head. The conclusion of the film was tiresome and I really could have cared less. I also didn't really care much for Charlie David who played Chase, though he had a nice body, he just seemed to be lacking in substance. I did however enjoy Grace Vukovic who played the young daughter, her character was quite amusing. I also liked Thea Gill from Queer as Folk - it was nice to see her branching out, her performance was fine, however I felt she was a bit limited by a poor script and direction. All and All if you are looking for a Stale, No Brainer, Afternoon TV Coming Out of the Closet Drama, to watch on a Rainy Day, this one might do it for you, especially if you need some sleep.
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| ehh...it's a good way to kill an evening |
| Customer Rating: 3 out of 5 |
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The movie is perfectly fine.
The story is that of a family meeting their college-age son at a lake-side vacation home for a season. To everyone's surprise, the son brings with him a friend. During the vacation the dad (who has homosexual leanings) and the friend (who has only recently decided he was gay) indulge in a brief fling. It's discovered. There's drama. Everyone is happy in the end.
This is not some revolutionary story. It's not a "must-see". It won't change the way you think. But you will probably make it all the way through and be left with a warm fuzzy feeling at the end.
The acting is not amazing and the interactions between characters oftentimes seem forced, but it is by no means the worst one out there.
If you're at the video store, pick it up, but I wouldn't expect it to become your new favorite.
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| Customer Rating: 5 out of 5 |
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I love Charlie David. Ever since he appeared in Dante's Cove, I've been attracted to his sensuality. In this particular drama, The Mulligans, I have to agree, he plays his role well. You can actually feel him struggle with his sexuality and understand the embarrassment of his having come out to his long time friend. In the deleted scenes, you see where an African-American comes on to Charlie but he shuns getting involved with the individual sexually. I would have liked to see him expand on this relationship, but in a different movie with an entirely different theme however.
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| Mulligans- worst gay film ever ! |
| Customer Rating: 1 out of 5 |
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If ever there was a more "corny" badly acted, dull and totlly uninteresting film, it would have to be "The Mulligans" ! Don't waste your money on this American drivel. It is just soooo predictable, so totally unbelievable that it was a real chore to sit through it. DON'T BOTHER
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