Traveling to Olympia (2001) (V)

User Rating:

4.6/10   

Director:

Gael Richards

Writer:

Maurice Maxwell (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Johnny leaves a Washington State juvenile facility and travels to Olympia where he meets other gay men and starts to put to rights some of the wrongs done to gay youths |

Plot Keywords:

Gay Cowboy | Homosexual Rape | Gay Interest | Homosexual Teenager | Coming Out

Cast

Justin McFarlane	...	Johnny
Michael Haboush	...	Joel
Dennis Timothy Kleinsmith	...	Senator Bradley
Donald Allen	...	Chip
Paul Francis Crollard	...	Mr. Overton
Jerry Rockhardly	...	Walter
Michael Lyon	...	Lester
Randy Champion	...	Mr. Wright
Michael S. Parker
John Baumgartner
Dean Hart
Gary Wells
James McBane
Levi Bradshaw

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Chehalis, Washington, USA

Well intentioned, but...

This film is well intentioned but very amateur. It's hard to imagine a film this technically poor (it's shot on video) getting a home video release. I guess it can be marketed to the gay home video market, since it has cute naked guys in their twenties. The script is weak and unfocused. Actors mumble their lines like they can't remember them. There are several moments when the story takes a sudden left turn into soft-core sex scenes. (Less than a porn video but more than you see on one of those Showtime `for adults' films.) One such scene includes characters who are not involved in the regular story, which makes for a confusing moment. (And what the young hottie sees in the old senator is a mystery t me.)

For some reason, characters have absurd amounts of money, which solves any problem they might encounter. While the film is commendable for its belief that gay teenage boys (especially cute ones. No ugly guys here.) should be free from prejudice, it's just too poor in its creative and technical sides to recommend.