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All the Rage (1997) (USA)

Runtime:.......105 min
Country:.......USA
Language:......English
SUbtitles:.....English (Paraphrased)
Genre:.........Comedy
Release Date:..11 September 1998 (USA)
Director:......Roland Tec
Stars:.........John-Michael Lander, David Vincent and Jay Corcoran

Storyline:

ALL THE RAGE takes a satirical and poignant look at one gay mans obsessive pursuit of
physical, sexual, and romantic perfection. Christopher Bedford is everyones fantasy.
Hes gorgeous, young, clever, rich, and above all, totally buffed and every boy in
Boston seems to want him. At thirty-one, hes gliding through life, celebrating
himself as the 90s gay playboy ideal, without ever realizing what a mess hes become.

A viewer Review:

This movie IS poorly acted and put together, but its unique in its subject matter,
and I think that makes it worth seeing.
This is supposedly a satire of the shallowness of certain types of gays
(theyre called twinks, Gym Bunnies and Chelsea Boys where I am) who are rich, overly groomed and superficial. It follows one guy, a shallow heartbreaker, as he falls in love with someone not of his class.

A HUGE problem is the acting. I felt that a lot of the lines would have been funny if the actors could have sold them well. With a satire like this, the actors need to go at lines like Are you telling me you dated someone who doesnt work out? with absolutre sincerity, but what we get is a sort of Im just an actor, Im not really like this, see kind of irony. It kills the entire script. Lines that were funny when I read them in a review are absolutely flat on screen. One gets the impression the director asked his friends to be in the movie, and the result is the slightly embarrassed feeling of watching community theater.

Thematically, the movie is VERY tame. It doesnt really go far in satirizing its
characters, and ends up in some ways reinforcing their viewpoints. A character
who is not rich and doesnt work out is seen as SO DIFFERENT its SHOCKING that our
main character would even BE SEEN with him! So much for embracing diversity, huh?
Near the end our protagonist is upbraided for not calling a guy when he said he
would and basically being a playboy. Since when is this a crime in gay circles?
Did he say he was a virgin and that they would be married? The effect one leaves
the theater with is oe of those superficial types saying (and weve all heard it)
Oh Im so superficial, its awful when you know they dont really mean it and
wont change. I was curious to see WHO would go to see this movie, and was
disappointed to see its the very audience the movie pretends to criticize.
They seemed absolutely unfazed.

But the fact that this movie DOES examine these attitudes at all I think makes
it worth a viewing. Its one of those thats better to talk about than to
sit through. And, if youre attracted to those kinds of hairless chiseled body
types, there is ample chest on display... though if youre seeing the film for
that reason, anything it has to say, I suspect, would be irrelevant to you.

enjoy the movie...

and...

dont forget:

We live in a very homophobic world full of prejudice and violence against LGBT community. Lets change the world, reeducate the world in a good spirit! Lets explain directly and indirectly to people how important is to respect and treat the LGBT community just as everyone else. Spread the word! Share the movie with your straight and gay friends. A picture says a 1000 words. A Movie says a Million words.

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