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Sun Kissed

  • 2006
  • Unrated
  • 1h 32m
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4.2/10
522
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Sun Kissed (2006)
Teddy, a young writer, ventures to an isolated desert house to complete his first novel, where he meets and seduces the mysterious caretaker, Leo. Layers of memory and hallucination unfold that intertwine the two men.
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Teddy, a young writer, ventures to an isolated desert house to complete his first novel, where he meets and seduces the mysterious caretaker, Leo. Layers of memory and hallucination unfold t... Read allTeddy, a young writer, ventures to an isolated desert house to complete his first novel, where he meets and seduces the mysterious caretaker, Leo. Layers of memory and hallucination unfold that intertwine the two men.Teddy, a young writer, ventures to an isolated desert house to complete his first novel, where he meets and seduces the mysterious caretaker, Leo. Layers of memory and hallucination unfold that intertwine the two men.

  • Director
    • Patrick McGuinn
  • Writer
    • Patrick McGuinn
  • Stars
    • John Ort
    • Gregory Marcel
    • Laura Hofrichter
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.2/10
    522
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Patrick McGuinn
    • Writer
      • Patrick McGuinn
    • Stars
      • John Ort
      • Gregory Marcel
      • Laura Hofrichter
    • 17User reviews
    • 10Critic reviews
    • 24Metascore
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    John Ort
    John Ort
    • Teddy Rappaport
    Gregory Marcel
    Gregory Marcel
    • Leo Spaulding
    Laura Hofrichter
    • Cheryl
    • (as Laura Leigh)
    George Stoll
    • Crispin
    Dyanne Asimow
    • Leo's Mother
    Michael Hong
    • Love Boy 2
    • (as Michael M. Hong)
    • Director
      • Patrick McGuinn
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      • Patrick McGuinn
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    5dmoorejdrf

    Knock Knock

    This movie knocks on the door of being a great romance with some hot man to man sex scenes, ut it never opens the door, just leaves the viewer and the two lead characters unfulfilled. Why is it that writers/directors shy away from taking story from average to tasteful art? This is just another average gay movie....nothing new to see here!
    didier-20

    interesting movie

    amazing negative comment i just read here about this movie..... i couldn't agree less- it's indie-fayre - and it's unconventional narrative in the strong sense of the word- it's good because you can leave it and it's working on several levels - so don't try and reduce it to one single rational story.

    If i had a criticism of it it is that it stereotypes mental illness as always being something around uncontrollable feelings of murder, blood and sharp knives - this is it's biggest flaw for me and in a way it's a BIG flaw and totally unforgivable. i could imagine why it was booed in San Francisco because many dated mainstream films used to portray gay protagonists in this light. but the director does play with this expectation, leaving you guessing about the outcome.

    As a gay love affair its optimistic in it's conclusions - and as a portrait of intimacy it is very brave and rich.
    2dkgradecki-22376

    Off the rails

    What started out as a good movie soon changed to timelines and flashbacks that are pretty much impossible to follow. Very disappointed and eventually felt it was a waste of time.
    10korduroy

    Two beautiful men fall in love...

    Gripping and grabbing from the start, this movie is (simplistically) about two young men, strangers who meet by a curious design. They then become your favorite fairy tale, and perhaps will carve a hunk of sex/love out of you, and hang it overhead and inside at the same time.

    I'd give you a linear description of "Sun Kissed," but that's not possible; it exists rather in a spiral time/space frame--no need worrying WHERE and WHEN you are, but just give thanks that you're in a good and beautiful (and fine-smelling place, a aspect of attraction curiously neglected heretofore).It may be occasionally agonizing--but it's always very sexy. Written, directed and produced by Patrick McGuinn, the film puts the breathtaking Gregory Marcel (whose character defines this movie as James Dean defined "Rebel.." for example). Marcel is handsomely complemented by John Ort's needful-though-brilliant and erotically super-charged narrator. Gorgeous cinematography (without which there is never a real movie), in case you think I only care about how they look and smell. For those few of you who worry about love, and/or want to see lots of it, this is your late-summer early-autumn movie. It works really well when it's very cold, by the way. Think of Proust comtemplating a marble statue of St. Sebastian, if that might help.

    Not for Lesbians, nor wannabe's thereof.
    10donwc1996

    10 For Gregory Marcel

    I'm giving the male lead, Gregory Marcel, a ten because he is a ten - what a chunk. In fact, he is the only reason I watched this dreadful film as long as I did. Bottom line, this film is in search of a story and it just never finds it. No story, no movie, but the director/writer continues on as though everything is okay when nothing is okay at all. The film is an absolute mish-mash of ideas that do never come together so you are left hanging with one storyline after another that doesn't connect with any other storyline. Yikes! What goes on here? I stuck it out almost to the end but even hunky Gregory Marcel wasn't enough to keep me going when the endless story lines just wore me out!

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    • Release date
      • March 27, 2008 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sunkissed
    • Filming locations
      • Joshua Tree, California, USA(Exterior)
    • Production company
      • Willing Suspension Films
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 32m(92 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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