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6.4/10
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A story about two classmates - one smart and openly gay and the other school swimming star. They grow as friends and discover their attraction to each other.A story about two classmates - one smart and openly gay and the other school swimming star. They grow as friends and discover their attraction to each other.A story about two classmates - one smart and openly gay and the other school swimming star. They grow as friends and discover their attraction to each other.
- Awards
- 12 wins
William Charles Mitchell
- Mr. Frank
- (as William C. Mitchell)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- GoofsThe jigsaw piece Carter gave to Danny in the hospital scene has a different shape from the jigsaw piece Danny inserted as the last missing piece into Carters puzzle later.
- Quotes
Carter Melman: You don't know me! You don't know anything!
Danny Wheeler: Yeah, sure, I don't know anything. But at least I know how I feel.
- Crazy creditsIn the end-credits cast list, Sherilyn Henderson is listed twice as a High School Student.
- ConnectionsReferences Frankenstein (1931)
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I haven't seen this movie, but the DVD is due to arrive in the mail tomorrow. I logged onto IMDb to see what other viewers had to say. Don't EVER question why there are very few gay movies made. Every old queen and every too young adventurer always become superior critics. This is a gay movie. It does not star Meryl Streep, Robert DeNiro, or Sean Penn. Gays movies cannot accumulate large budgets and do the best they can with the material and cast they can find to work for free or pennies. I remember the first big studio gay movie, "Making Love" with Harry Hamlin, Michael Ontkean, and Kate Jackson, directed by Arthur Hiller. This movie was blasted bigger than Nagasaki. It all but ended Hamlin's and Ontkean's careers. It took a quarter of a century to get the venomous taste out of the critics mouths before "Brokeback Mountain" was finally accepted. BUT, how many major gay films have been made since? The most popular gay novel in the world, "The Front Runner" has been sitting on some studios shelf for nearly half a century. Everyone is afraid of either making it or starring in it. Hats off to the producer of "Watercolors" for putting forth the effort. It did win two major LBGT film festival awards. BUT as another reviewer stated, the cast was excellent except for the coach. MAN! He's the reason I'm seeing the movie. Greg Louganis, not only an Olympic Champion, but a drama major. Why was his acting singled out? Couldn't that sentence have been omitted? Why must we as gays, destroy our own culture...music, theatre, movies??? Can't we EVER find words of praise to encourage MORE gay entertainment? Remember the old adage, "If you can't find something good to say...". I'm really looking forward to enjoying this movie tomorrow. ______________________________ addendum: I finally saw the movie this afternoon and it's haunted me the rest of the evening. One of the two leads has practically no experience at all, yet he sustained his character as a professional. I really found nothing to criticize...only words of praise and hope that this will be the first of many features by the director. The entire cast was superb. Music was expertly used. I don't watch gay porn, but I do collect gay films with good stories...THIS is one of the best. It ranks high with "Latter Days" and "Shelter". Ten Stars!
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,200,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,305
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,207
- Jan 24, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $6,305
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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