The Conrad Boys

Poorly acted, directed and written, "The Conrad Boys" is barely watchable. The main problem is Justin Lo, who assumes the role of writer, director, film editor and principal actor. Lo does not handle any one of his jobs well; his ability to create a believable character on film is seriously lacking. Watching Lo is akin to watching a beginning actor with no idea of what he is doing or saying. The script is quite clichéd and lacks any real imagination. The two stars I awarded this are solely for Nick Bartzen who is quite good as the young drifter, Jordan Rivers.

This film is to be avoided.

This film is about a 19 years old man having to take care of his young brother after the death of his mother. He could not enjoy any social life until he meets a hot guy called Jordan.

I am very impressed by this movie. First of all, the relatively big budget surprised me. It was shot on proper film, and not on hand-held cameras. The sets are nice and well touched up. The lighting is excellent, and the cinematography is pleasant. Every scene is bright and sunny, with great colour contrast. The quality of the production is much better than most of the gay films I have seen. I wonder how the first time filmmaker financed all this, and managed to make such a good production.

Charlie's is character that is written well, I totally sympathised with him. However, I agree that the acting by Justin Lo is a little Wooden. By contrast, Jordan is a lively character with ultra good looks. Nick Bartzen's acting is good, I hope he will become big one day. I also liked the subplot of Mr Conrad coming back. Justin Lo must have faced a lot of personal demons when he made this film. I salute him for that.

I think this film is an excellent attempt, especially for a first time film maker. I enjoyed the film a lot.

I give indie films a lot of slack in ratings. Especially LGBTQ film. It's hard to make these films. Hard to raise the money, of course. Hard to find distribution. Hard to get the tech support. But these artists carry on. And thank God they do.

This is a quirky little movie. It's a good premise but it drags. It's wordy and sometimes preachy. Sometimes it's vague. Probably could have cut at least 20 minutes out and been fine. But I admire Justin Lo. He wrote it, directed it and edited it. And then played a leading role. He reached out to friends and family to volunteer and lend a hand. And you know something? He's good. He's a better director and editor than actor but just knowing what he no doubt had to go through to get this made is inspiring.

He has a good eye for talent. Nick Bartzen is perfect as the somewhat mysterious boyfriend. BooBoo Stewart (young and hair blonde)is now all grown up and a teen heart throb on The Twilight Saga.

In indie film land the most frustrating thing is to wonder what has happened to so many very talented people? Did the industry just chew em up and spit em back out? Did they give up? Did they find other interests? Where is Justin Lo? I hope he's not given up on writing and directing. This film was released in 2006 some 9 years ago. I can find nothing more from Justin and I would like to see more of his work. The same for Nick Bartzen. I thought he was great. But after 2 or 3 roles (ending around 2006) he just falls off the map. Too bad. I would have thought he had a nice future as an actor.

Still, I'm glad I stumbled across this little work that made an evening so much more pleasant. I just wish these talented people were making more.

The boys are cute, so I guess that's one reason I want to like this film, but I just can't. The acting is less than spirited and at times I didn't want to even watch the entire film. The writing is sub par but had great plot line potential, I believe. So much more emotion and connection to the characters is possible, but it just wasn't there. I felt disconnected from the entire cast and I felt no sense of love between the brothers or the two "lovers." In fact, all the relationships in the entire movie seemed fake and inconsequential. I will always support the LGBT community, writers and actors and if Justin Lo comes out with something else, I'll be sure to try again. But as far as this title goes, save your time and money. Sorry Justin and Boo Boo.

A delightful coming of age LGBT film by Justin Lo. It's about Charlie Conrad a 19-year-old who takes care of his bright 9-year-old brother Ben Conrad after their mother's death. Everything changes after he meets Jordan Rivers they begin a personal close relationship. Just when their relationship starts to build up. However, when Charlie's father Doug Conrad shows up he wants to take care of Ben and everything heats up.

The Conrad Boys a magnificent well written movie. Good acting by Justin Lo, Booboo Stewart, Nick Bartzen, and the entire cast.

I've seen many gay films and TV shows, but The Conrad Boys is by far the best I've seen the characters, the story, the picture, and all brought the film to a delightful point of view. Justin Lo is amazing writer and he did a excellent job on this one. A cute yet lovely film. The Conrad Boys is 100% good from my point of view.

This was very touching.