Good coming of age movie, dealing with some tough situations and events.

This was a really good movie.It managed to bring a fresh note in a genre that is always recycling itself.Great performances from the actors that played the two brothers.Actually the entire movie was special because of the brother dynamics.McMillian managed to deliver the protagonist's struggles amazingly.The final scene did it for me,although I have to admit most of the film was to the point.When you live for the others,you forget to live for yourself.

Low-budget with decent acting and a pleasant script. It's nice that a light hand was applied to a film that could have been overwrought.

Sometimes a movie rises to the top of my Netflix queue and I wonder how it got thre in the first place I was expecting to hate it as I do most American gay film,but it was actually pretty good. It does overdo all subplot events a bit, and it does come across as a after school special at times, but it was short and sweet.

I think this was one of those movies recommended by IMDB when you watch a particular other movie. In this case I'm glad, because it's very good. It doesn't hurt that the lead, Michael McMillian, is cute, but he's a good and funny actor too. Most of the actors did a great job and for once, the script of a gay-themed movie didn't suck (pardon the pun). It mixed coming out with coming of age and did a great job. The overall tone wasn't camp or corny, it had some funny moments and some dramatic ones. I especially liked the relationship of the two brothers. Recommended!!!

Surprising funny and insightful for a low budget indie film. Overcomes a familiar storyline with sharp writing, great comic timing and flashes of real emotional heft. Michael McMillan is excellent in the lead. Will appeal to gay and straight viewers alike.

As always a classic. coming of age meets coming out with poor family dynamics of the times.

This movie was such a pleasure for me because I saw a lot of personal experience parallels. I had no brother but the story is made so much more fun because of the brother. Fun movie!

Incredibly clever, very fun. Great coming-out story. Low budget but lotsa talent, very witty writing and some awesome acting at points.

Not horrible; not good. Quirky with a message. Wonder years meets a gay reality.

This movie is independent and low-budget, and that should certainly be kept in mind when you start watching it. But considering those things, it's an excellent film with believable characters and a good quality story. I was very pleasantly surprised.

Sweet. McMillian and Coco have great comedic chemistry.

A quiky dramedy that features a series of well spaced laughs set to a rather dramatic coming out tale. Dorian is gay but that doesn't mean he has to accept it. Because he knows that his father will not take the news well, he entices his brother to "make him straight" but that doesn't work out as well as either boy would hope. After a relevant reveal to his father, Dorian gets a rather swift start on his college life and deals with the trials and tribulations of being gay... set to a New York City landscape. Granted thios film is low budget but that hardly takes away from the impact of this films strongest asset: witty dialogue. Dorian is a snarky fellow, critical of everyone he encounters... which leads to a rahter dramatic incident in a bar. His brother is much more mellow, most likely because he was always seen as the golden child in his father's eyes. The relationship between the two is the film's primary focus. I honestly think this a beautiful film... sometimes campy, sometimes fun, and sometimes wrenching... it is a film worth seeing if only once.

I found the acting to be poor the story kind of stiff and the characters unpleasant. I got the jist of the kind of movie this wanted to be and I really wanted it to be it-but it was like spending an hour building a way cool lego starship only to find that your set didn't come with enough parts to build the 2nd wing.

Never is it boring, yet I somehow feel disappointed. Still, it gets my pass.

I enjoyed this film thoroughly. The plot was believable and the characters were honest.

Having recently watched what amounts to a seemingly endless parade of terrible excuses for GLBT Cinema, finally I have found a gem again and had my faith restored. <i>Dorian Blues</i> has obviously been made on the cheap but the incisive, relevant and realistic writing and winning lead performance (Michael McMillian) help sell this touching film. Dorian's family is fairly typical in terms of this kind of film but the interactions between him and his elder brother and his complicated relationship with his father are deftly played and the confrontation at the end of the film by his friends and his mother both surprises and feels utterly accurate and doubly poignant for that. Dorian himself is a fantastic character - quick witted but not selfish with it, he is friendly, charming, slightly goofy but with an undercurrent of quiet rage that he does not have an outlet for. This is a quietly brilliant film.

I really enjoyed this. It's a wonderful coming of age story. I'm very glad I watched it.

Really good movie. Glad I had insomnia and watched it.

A film many of us gay men can relate to...or, at least, I can. A wonderful coming-of-age/coming out story with a great script and some very talented actors...