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Breakfast With Scot Reviews
While not without its one big flaw, Breakfast With Scot is one of those movies that just makes you feel good. It takes some heady subject matter and turns it into a lighthearted holiday movie that is well-acted and thoroughly enjoyable.
| Dec 3, 2019
Although it dishes up an original premise and tries to mine laughs from a setup most studios wouldn't have touched with a 10-foot feather boa, it stumbles when it comes to generating any real laughs.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 14, 2009
Breakfast with Scot isn't much on originality, but it is sweet enough to overcome the most cynical skeptic.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 12, 2008
One of the worst concepts for a movie in the history of cinema. I can't really think of anyone who would like this pathetic comedy since the target audience would be put off by the homosexual angle. Avoid.
| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Nov 3, 2008
It lacks the psychological realism of certain decent dramas and is too reliant on cheap pratfalls and Cavanagh's pinched approach to comedy.
| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 24, 2008
The film's reliance on an otherwise clichd plotline cuts out a lot of its fangs, giving it an ending that feels good but doesn't really deal with the issues at hand
| Original Score: 45/100 | Oct 17, 2008
What elevates way above the merely adequate script by Sean Reycraft based on the novel by Michael Downing and Lynd's competent direction is young Noah Bernett as Scot. This kid is so great, he could give kid actors a good name again.
| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 10, 2008
Anyone who's ever seen an After School Special knows where the family-friendly Breakfast With Scot is headed, no matter how well intentioned.
| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 10, 2008
It's refreshingly snarky and quick.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 10, 2008
A sharp little Canadian drama that draws one in rather wryly.
| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 10, 2008
All the filmmakers are really after is a heartwarming little object lesson. ... [But] they perch their tidy little dramedy somewhere between sitcom and Movie of the Week.
| Original Score: 4/10 | Oct 10, 2008
For its courage to address a ticklish subject with warmhearted humor, Breakfast With Scot, adapted from a novel by Michael Downing, deserves a light round of applause.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 10, 2008
A feel-good tale with undeniably good intentions, this Canadian comedy-drama doesn't really manage to convince on any level.
Full Review | Oct 10, 2008
Basic cable-ready trifle.
| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 9, 2008
Having the straight Tom Cavanagh and Ben Shenkman play the unwilling gay dads in Breakfast with Scot may seem like a disappointment, but this quirky, surprisingly refreshing comedy has a few tricks up its sleeve.
| Oct 8, 2008
It's hardly the most gracefully made indie on the block -- more like a whole season of a sitcom crammed into one feature.
| Original Score: C+ | Oct 8, 2008
The smart performances, humorous dialogue and brisk pacing of Laurie Lynd's direction are all warm and friendly -- a nice antidote to misguided junk like I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.
| Oct 8, 2008
The film means well, but it's hardly cutting, made notable only by Bernett's performance.
| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 5, 2008
The kind of gay-themed pic that won't ruffle the feathers of a granny in Manitoba, though it's bound to make more discerning auds groan.
| Apr 29, 2008