The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green Reviews
The film has hilarious and unforgettable moments!
I was not expecting much from this movie but I really enjoyed watching it. It won't solve world peace but it is a nice movie about how to love and not run from happiness.
A campy slapstick gay romantic comedy. It's fluff and entertains. The characters are stereotypes personified with some heart. This movie was my favorite movie at 18 and coming out.
No fue ni será la mejor cinta de todos los tiempos. Para nada. Sin embargo sà creo que fue algo muy divertido. Una comedia romántica que termina en comedia de enredos, aunque desvarÃa un poco, parece querer convertirse en farsa pero algo que me encanta es la simpleza de sus personajes secundarios con respecto a lo complejo que puede ser Ethan, que no sabes realmente las decisiones que pueda llegar a tomar y que al final no se vuelva algo tan convencional da puntos de más. Probablemente no proponga nada bueno, pero una risa sà saca.
I've watched many gay movies and it's sad how many of them are just crap. However, this movie was actually pretty solid. Good production and decent story line. Solid B!
I don't know if this movie was supposed to be funny, because aside from a few funny moments (and I mean <i>few</i>), it wasn't. The acting was quite horrible, going overboard in every way. The characters didn't get enough life breathed into them to make them interesting or significant. Ethan's constant struggle to find love was ridiculous (his behavior didn't really make any sense, and his character was truly quite annoying). All in all the plot was silly, the movie didn't seem to have any kind of solid direction, some of the characters were simply crazy, and as hard I may try, I just didn't enjoy this film. It's light, it doesn't take itself seriously, and it isn't funny or entertaining while doing that. Even the romantic journeys didn't have any kind of impact since they didn't come all the way through the film, but popped up at the last moment without a proper build-up. Such a disappointment.
Ugh. What can I say? The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green certainly lives up to its name. So considering that, why did I watch it? Boredom is the answer. This was one of those movies that I had heard about before, but I never had the chance to watch. I heard that it got bad reviews but after watching the cinematic diarrhoea also known as Ben and Arthur, I figured that it couldn't possibly be that bad. Boy was I wrong. Well, it's not nearly in the same league of badness as Ben and Arthur, but it was still crap. Ethan Green is based on the comic strip of the same name, which I haven't read so naturally, I can't make comparisons. Its protagonist Ethan is a 26 year old gay man who has trouble with his lovelife: he gets into relationships with seemingly promising men, but then pulls away out of fear of getting too close. Wow, I've NEVER seen that before. So original! Anyway, while Ethan is having those problems with his love life, his ex boyfriend Leo is engaged to an annoying gay Republican named Chester, who sooooo isn't right for him. So while Ethan is dealing with his relationship issues, he is beginning to realise that Leo is the one! Jesus, I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE! SO FUCKING ORIGINAL! This movie was just crap. Pure, flat and lifeless crap. The performances are flat, the jokes aren't the least bit funny and a lot of the time you're cringing because they're trying so hard to have the raunchy wit of Judd Apatow and Kevin Smith movies. Apart from that, the characters are just really annoying. Ethan is all stupid and whiney, Chester is a stereotypical Republican who makes you cringe, but by far the worst character is Ethan's 19-year-old fuck buddy named Punch, who is about as funny as the holocaust. Seriously, one of his opening lines is, "I'm the sensitive, globally aware kind of guy who's horny 24 hours a day. My likes are dick, dick and more dick." Some of the characters (like him) are ridiculous stereotypes which would be more likely to reinforce bigotry, which is ironic because this movie was made for a gay audience in mind. There was even at one point (I'm really not joking here) a racist depiction of Native Americans at a gay wedding played by two white men with red paint. Ouch! The whole time when I was watching this movie, I felt that it was trying so hard to be something that it's not. It was trying to be one of those funny, raunchy comedies, but the jokes are disasterous and the raunch is awful (especially in the "love scene" where Ethan looks like he's taking a shit on his lover). Those raunchy comedies only work if they're well written and if they have heart, like 40-Year-Old Virgin or Zack and Miri Make A Porno. Ethan Green wasn't one of those things. It had no heart whatsoever and when it tried to, it was just bad. In that way, it's a lot like The Ugly Truth. And here's the interesting thing: if we get rid of the whole gay element, all we have is a stupid, heartless, predictable romantic comedy like The Ugly Truth. In fact, it was worse than The Ugly Truth, which is really saying something. Rotten Tomatoes had an interesting consensus on this film: "Ethan Green makes for an annoying protagonist, the jokes aren't funny and everyone is as flat as the paper the comic was printed on." Once again, Rotten Tomatoes is spot-on.
This film was pretty fast paced, funny, and still managed to be warm hearted. The protagonist was played by Daniel Letterle, a very cute, talented young actor. It was great to see Meredith Baxter, Richard Riehle, and Joel Brooks do a fun, light hearted comedy. The real star, in my mind, was the super cute Dean Shelton as Punch, the fast talking "popular" smartass. It's worth the rental, and it made me smile.
I had to watch this movie in x2 speed, or I'd never get through it. I was telling myself "eww" throughout the whole movie, and I also thought it was very boring. The ending was kind of cute, but not really...
I really only liked the last 20 minutes of this flick. I use to be a fan of the comic strip so I was really excited to finally see the movie and it starred Daniel Letterle from the flick Camp, which I kind of liked so I figured it would be a win win situation. Unfortunately I felt like the dialog was poorly executed and the jokes just weren't that funny, the film had all the right ingredients to be a fun time-I've seen many of these actors in other roles and enjoyed their work-but something fell flat. It was a little painful to watch and i quickly found myself being more interested in my laptops google search than what was on 온라인카지노추천. That being said, I actually liked the last part of the movie and enjoyed the end. It seemed like too late in the film the heart and charm of the comic was finally found. The comic creators commentary on the extras was probably my favorite part of the DVD.
Although I admit this is a "B" production... the writing is great, and the main character is done well - to where I can relate. This is one of my favorite gay movies because of it. And despite the note here on RT, I think it has its funny moments.
Cute story filled up with eye candies. Daniel Letterle nails the role perfectly. Overall, it's a laugh and good-mood guaranteed flick!
Ethan Green has a problem in that he doesn't know what he truly wants. But one sure thing about him is that he is adorable. And so the same goes for this gay romantic comedy, which treads a wobbly line from being truly hilarious to being downright farcical. As Ethan tries to work out what he wants romantically, we are treated to the number of characters that revolve around his life. Some work well, while other are just truly awful. And in the middle of this all is Ethan, who, in spite of his lacklustre effort in finding what he is searching for, pulls the movie together. Just. Harmless gay fun.