Pocket Mouse Protector

I saw this film at the Seattle Film Festival and I didn't know what to expect. The director introduced the movie as a Sex Comedy but I did not realize how much I would enjoy it and how loud the audience would get. A laugh roaring good time, the director is able to get the most out of each joke even after you think it has already gone as far as it can go, this film takes it farther. I don't want to spoil anything but the protagonist takes an experimental sex drug and the effects take the protagonist on a ride of new senses that had never before been unleashed.

The acting is excellent and the actors really put themselves out there for the laughs. This is a comedy that will definitely be a cult classic in the gay community but straight audiences will also love the slapstick comedy and the happy messages throughout. I can't wait to see this again with friends!

Paul Bright's POCKET MOUSE PROTECTOR is absolutely hilarious! Saw this and loved it at a screening in Seattle. The main character in this is Larry, a lovable loser whose marriage is on the rocks. Larry is on a mission to save the Pocket Mouse in the middle of a world of sex, lies and mischief. Watching Larry try to navigate through this sex comedy brought huge belly laughs from the audience and just as I thought the story would take a turn to the obvious, Bright's POCKET MOUSE PROTECTOR completely surprised me once again.

The screenplay is full of fun twists and turns that also provide positive concepts and themes. The actors are excellent and really go for it in each scene. This film is a smart indie sex-romp comedy that was a definite hit with the audience I saw it with!

On the one hand, you have a man - his straight marriage on the rocks, disrespected by those around him, with only one motivation: save a small colony of endangered animals from being destroyed by a land developer. On the other hand, you have the bearish, straight, contractor, who loves being a womanizing jerk. Will sparks fly between these two? You betcha! Through the wonders of modern science lead these two lives are turned upside down when these enemies find themselves attracted to each other. The hilarity hits harder and faster as the movie progresses, Pocket Mouse Protector leaves you feeling spent and satisfied.

Pocket Mouse Protector is an unrelenting hilarious sex romp that will leave your sides splitting from start to finish. The story's main protagonist is an affable loser that is trying to save a colony of an endangered mouse species who have taken up residence on nearby undeveloped land on the verge of being turned into a resort. Despite Larry's advances towards his insatiable wife, the marriage is pretty much over and his wife, Mary, wants Larry to take a newfound experimental virility treatment to spark any remaining glimmer in their relationship. Of course, Mary tells her lover Barry to get the same treatment. This puts Larry and Barry on a crash course together in the unexpected - that the treatment has an unforeseen side effect - they are now only attracted to men. Tying it together is that the doctor behind the virility treatment is also the owner of land where the endangered mice habitate.

What's equally hilarious and poignant is the attention given to the 'nature vs nurture' question, as we all know that there isn't such a thing as a drug that will turn you gay. By turning this joke on its head, the statement of 'who wouldn't want to be gay?' gives a refreshing and full of life attitude that adds to the enjoyability of this adventure. Even more fun is how the envelope is continually pushed throughout with each encounter being more over the top than the last. The writing here is as cutting and witty as any film in recent memory.

I was able to catch this at the Seattle Film Festival where it won Best LGBTQ Film.