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Crutch

Crutch

4,7 /10 (11 Votes)
2004 EN 88 min

Overview

Behind a facade of suburban middle class perfection, David's home life is falling apart. As he tries to cope with the impossible situation, the troubled and impressionable teenager falls under the spell of Kenny, a georgous, thirty-something, has-been actor turned theatre coach.

Release date

17/09/2004

Votes

11

Popularity

0.2

A young man. His teacher. Crossing boundries.

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

88 min

Budget

$420,000

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2023-02-27

⭐ 5

It's hard to be too critical of something quite this viscerally autobiographical. It was his life and this is the way auteur Rob Moretti wants to relate it. It tells of his late youth as he comes to terms with his sexuality, his family's reaction to that, and to addiction. It's largely played through the eyes of "David" (Eben Gordon) who has to balance his own needs with those of those around him. Might he be able to find happiness with "Kenny" (Moretti)? Well that's what the next ninety minutes explore, and although this is clearly a labour of love for the director, it is certainly not for th…

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