अपनी भाषा में प्लॉट जोड़ेंTodd and Rory are intellectual soul mates. He might be gay. She might not care. A romantic-comedy drama with a twist; a love story without the thrill of copulation.Todd and Rory are intellectual soul mates. He might be gay. She might not care. A romantic-comedy drama with a twist; a love story without the thrill of copulation.Todd and Rory are intellectual soul mates. He might be gay. She might not care. A romantic-comedy drama with a twist; a love story without the thrill of copulation.
- पुरस्कार
- 1 जीत और कुल 2 नामांकन
- Zane
- (as Josh Diaz)
- Student Director
- (as Jon Darby)
फ़ीचर्ड समीक्षाएं
Boy meets girl. However, he's not just any boy.
Director Sweeney plays Todd, who has OCD and many, many phobias. Todd's friends know he's gay, Todd's therapist knows he's gay, and--I think--Todd knows he's gay. The problem is that Todd really doesn't want to be gay.
He wants to be straight, especially after he meets Rory, portrayed by Katie Findlay. They are mutually attracted, and the start to live together. But . . .
Although this was a meant as a comedy, I found it poignant. Meeting the right person, when you're the wrong person, isn't really funny. Funny things happen along the way, but the basic premise is sad.
Sweeney does a good job, especially when you remember that he's directing himself. Katie Findlay is outstanding in her role.
Special acting credit goes to Tracie Thoms as Dr. Larson, Todd's ever-patient therapist.
This film had its New York State premiere at ImageOut, Rochester's great LGBT festival. (Remember that both NYC and Buffalo are larger than Rochester. Having a NYS premiere in Rochester takes special effort by the ImageOut selection committee.)
This is a film that will work on the small screen. Yes--it's set in California with views of the ocean, but it's about people, not scenery.
This movie hasn't had a large distribution. It's only been rated by 30 people. The good news is that those people gave it an extremely high rating of 8.1. I think it's even better than that.
Adorable, yet unusual couple
Quirky romance
I've been looking for this angle
क्या आपको पता है
- ट्रिवियाAt one point, multiple distributors were interested in acquiring Straight Up, but none of them would accept the film in its intended aspect ratio of 4:3. James Sweeney was instructed to deliver in 16:9, excise 25 percent of the frame. He refused to give up his creative vision and eventually found a distributor who agreed.
- गूफ़Around 34:45, before Meg mentions Ryder's birthday party, a camera shows her smiling vapidly, but in her next shot she's shaking to clear her head in reaction to Todd and Rory and to turn her thoughts to Ryder's party.
- भाव
Todd: Look, I know that you're worried that I'm-I'm gonna meet the perfect guy some day, but I promise you that I won't - because he doesn't exist. Sure, we all like to think there's this soul mate out there for us who's going to complete us intellectually and physically and emotionally, but the harsh reality is not everyone gets that; so, two out of three isn't so bad. I mean, if you're blind or schizophrenic or you're missing an arm and a leg, you might not even get one out of three, and you just have to accept that.
[Rory laughs]
Todd: And I know that that's an offensive thing to say, but you agree with me. You agree with me. And, anyway, I had accepted that, that I-I would never find anybody, because I admit that I'm finicky, but then I met you and I don't have to scour the ends of the Earth to know beyond a reasonable doubt that you're the one. I already know. You're the only person I like arguing with, and you're the only person I don't mind losing to - and you're the only person I can't lose. And, so, maybe we won't have the greatest sex ever, but, you know, I mean, I can try harder. I mean, if Helen Keller can learn to talk, I can learn to eat you out, and I just... I honestly think that w-we could be happy for the rest of our lives because I wanna watch you die. I mean, I wanna see you through to the end, in sickness, and in health, and you know that that says a lot, because I don't like sickness or endings or... or poop, and you know this, but, you know, if you had cancer and you needed help - I mean, ideally, I'll have a nurse to help deal with that but - if it was an emergency and you did number two in your pants, I would clean you up, because I love you and I want you to be my wife.
- कनेक्शनReferences Old Yeller (1957)
- साउंडट्रैकScoobidoo Love
Written by Paul Rothman
टॉप पसंद
- How long is Straight Up?Alexa द्वारा संचालित
विवरण
बॉक्स ऑफ़िस
- US और कनाडा में सकल
- $16,080
- US और कनाडा में पहले सप्ताह में कुल कमाई
- $4,075
- 1 मार्च 2020
- दुनिया भर में सकल
- $16,080
- चलने की अवधि
- 1 घं 35 मि(95 min)
- रंग
- पक्ष अनुपात
- 1.33 : 1







