A Four Letter Word (2007)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

Casper Andreas

Writers:

Casper Andreas (writer)
Jesse Archer (writer)

Release Date:

28 March 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Romance is so Profane!

Plot:

When Luke enters the gay bar flanked by his sidekicks, he doesn't know that he is about to meet his match-in hot macho man Stephen.

Plot Keywords:

Gay | Sex | Trust Fund | Transvestite | Men In Drag

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Jesse Archer	...	Luke
Charlie David	...	Stephen
Jeremy Gender	...	Mace
Cory W. Grant	...	Zeke (as Cory Grant)
Virginia Bryan	...	Marilyn
Steven M. Goldsmith	...	Peter (as Steven Goldsmith)
J.R. Rolley	...	Derek
Aaron Star	...	Yoga Instuctor
Jonathan Baird	...	Disgruntled Customer
Max Rhyser	...	Long John
John Kaisner	...	Bart
William Hernandez	...	Silvio
Margret R.R. Echeverria	...	Audrey
Paul Jessiman	...	South African Bar Patron
Michael Ferreira	...	Tes Tickles

Runtime:

USA:87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo | DTS (DTS 5.1)

Certification:

Australia:R (2008) | Australia:R

Filming Locations:

Chelsea, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Embrem Entertainment

Quotes:

Trisha: In love with you? Oh, Marilyn, I just wanted to bump your doughnut.

Movie Connections:

Spin off Violet Tendencies (2010)

A train wreck...you can't stop watching, but you'll shame yourself in the morning

Jesse Archer co-wrote and stars in this low-budget, low-brow gay comedy-drama about a New York City queen who works at a sex shop by day and spends his evenings bed-hopping; a perceptive co-worker informs him that he may just be a sexual obsessive, which leads the kid to a therapy group and a smidgen of self-enlightenment. Director Casper Andreas, who also had a hand in the script, hopes to titillate and shock his target audience with bitchy, outré dialogue and flashes of naked behinds; unfortunately, this isn't anything any filmmaker treading in queer-cinema waters hasn't tried before. The acting is so wooden, with casting choices apparently made on who had the best pecs, that one can only scoff at these smarmy returns. This is just the thing to kill off the gay comedy-drama. It shows no imagination, no sensitivity, no subtext, no sense of satire or self-parody. When a gay couple squabbles and breaks up for the night, it's merely for the most basic and childish reasons. Are all gay New Yorkers this immature and selfish? And if so, who needs to see it? NO STARS from ****