Outing Riley (2004)

Director:

Pete Jones

Writer:

Pete Jones (written by)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Bobby, the youngest boy in an Irish Catholic family, is gay and his coming out to his brothers and the family's way of dealing with the news is the basis of this film.

Plot Keywords:

Catholic | Irish Catholic | Coming Out | Family Relationships | Gay Lead Character

Cast

Pete Jones	...	Bobby Riley
Nathan Fillion	...	Luke Riley
Stoney Westmoreland	...	Connor Riley
Dev Kennedy	...	Jack Riley
Julie R. Pearl	...	Maggie Riley (as Julie Pearl)
Bob Riley	...	Mr. Riley
Michael McDonald	...	Andy
Dana Lynne Gilhooley	...	Carly
Jim Rose	...	Busboy / Priest
J. David Ruby	...	Howie
Ashley Giancola	...	Holly Avery
Marc Singletary	...	Boyfriend
Steve Dahl	...	Mr. Berk
Tracy Amico	...	Bar Girl
Dan Bernstein	...	Bartender Larry

Also Known As:

Doubting Riley (USA) (working title)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: Mr. Berk (played by Steve Dahl) is mis-credited within the captions as Mr. Burke.

Quotes:

Maggie Riley: So how did you tell your family?
Andy: Actually, I didn't have to. I did musical theater in high school.
Maggie Riley: Ah.

Movie Connections:

References "Will & Grace" (1998)

The bottom of the barrel...

Here's a novel idea: a movie about a closeted gay Irish-Catholic whose sexual preference is really secondary to his general personality as a sloppy, stupid grown man who acts like a child. With three brothers (one a priest) and a sister, Pete Jones' Bobby Riley finds he has to use a lesbian as a beard and make lots of small talk about women around his siblings (except for sis, who knows the truth). Thirty minutes into the movie, Bobby is up on a neighbor's roof ogling the female resident as she spreads lotion on her legs, while his voice-over informs us he was a voyeur long before a homosexual. So what was writer-director Jones before he was a pseudo-filmmaker? Offensive to just about everyone (gays, lesbians, Irish-Catholics, priests, women in general), this low-budget effort is filled with innuendo-crazed dialogue and a sniggering familial unit by way of a TV sitcom ('funny' scene example: Riley, after sneaking into his priest-brother's confessional booth, pretends to be a little boy who spies on his grandma in the shower). This is just the thing is kill off cinema (not just Queer Cinema, but ANY cinema) forever. Pure drivel. NO STARS from ****