Outing Riley (2004)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

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:

Coming Out | Gay Interest | Brother Brother Relationship | Gay Lead Character | Gay Kiss

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:

Bobby Riley: [stopping nephews and nieces as they run throught the house] Got a little joke for ya.
Nephew: Your jokes always get us in trouble!
Nephews & Nieces: [other kids agree] Mm hm!
Bobby Riley: This one is a clean one. What kind of bees make milk?
Nephews & Nieces: I don't know.
Bobby Riley: Boobies!

Movie Connections:

References The Godfather (1972)

This is not a gay film...

I don't think there was a single gay person working on this film...and it showed. This is not a gay film, it is what a straight guy, who has probably never seen a gay film, thinks a gay film should be. Like Brokeback Mountain, which was made almost entirely by straight people, I never felt the sincerity of the gay thing. However, unlike Brokeback, this didn't have the story, the scenery or the strong acting to keep me entertained (even if I never fully believe that Jake and Heath were in love.) I knew nothing about this film, or writer/director/star Pete Jones, yet after watching it I was absolutely sure that he was straight and probably not all that familiar with gay people. As it turns out, he is straight and in one interview he admitted to very limited exposure to gay people. No surprise there. But I was further disappointed to read his kissing-a-boy-is-icky interview where he talks about how nervous he and everyone else was when they filmed the kiss in bed. He talks about it like it was so difficult and it was some big deal that they made it through the scene. Ugh. You didn't cure cancer...you touched lips with a guy. Stop acting like it was some huge achievement. All of these straight actors doing gay films need to take a lesson from Patrick Swayze who did some wonderful interviews after To Wong Foo and didn't turn into a giggling fifth grader when he talked about playing gay. Also Hilary Swank -- great interviews on playing queer. So, while this is not the worst film I've ever seen (not even the worst gay film) this film did nothing for me and I do not recommend the rental.