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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghThe film's strident tone also serves to undermine its generally above-average performances.
- 50Chicago ReaderHank SartinChicago ReaderHank SartinDirector Zak Tucker is a bit too fond of jump cuts as signifiers of edginess. Still, when the material doesn't get in the way he's pretty good at getting across the emotional content.
- 50VarietyDavid RooneyVarietyDavid RooneyUnderproduced and compromised by an uneven script and a tendency to descend into melodrama, the DV-lensed feature nonetheless is well acted and directed with confidence.
- 50Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasEven with satisfying performances from the principal actors, Poster Boy is longer on energy than focus.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleSome clunky writing and a distracting subplot limit the effectiveness of this ambitious low-budget indie. Great idea for a movie, though.
- A polemic masquerading as a movie, Poster Boy unspools like a humorless lecture on right-wing homophobia.
- 38New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanAs irritating as an ideological college student, this earnest debut from Zak Tucker is determined to teach us a lesson about right and wrong.
- 30L.A. WeeklyErnest HardyL.A. WeeklyErnest HardyWorking from a preachy, clumsy script that's full of gaping holes in logic, plot and character development, director Zak Tucker is also handicapped by a cast filled with actors who seem to be in their first year of acting school.
- 30Village VoiceVillage VoiceRather than creating believable characters engaged in nuanced conflict, Boy proffers a pair of obvious symbols and hopes that they'll make a statement about the personal and the political.
- 25New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoTucker's message is sometimes on target, even if his film isn't.