Blue Citrus Hearts (2003)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Morgan Jon Fox

Writer:

Morgan Jon Fox (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A coming-out, coming-of-age tale set in Memphis Tennessee. |

Plot Keywords:

Coming Out | Coming Of Age | Break Up | Gay Teenager | Gay Interest

Awards:

4 wins

Cast

Joshua Peter Laurenzi	...	Sam
Paul Foster	...	Julien
Alex Booth	...	Arielle
Caroline Fourmy	...	Ann
William Taylor Woods	...	Carl
Brandon Croft
Jason Booth	...	Trotter
Lee Ann Roberts	...	Sam's Mother
Mark Pergolizzi	...	Sam's Father
Emily Fry	...	Julien's Mother
Chirelle Jefferson	...	Media Teacher
John Malloy	...	Math Teacher
Paulette Regan	...	Art Teacher
Helen Bowman	...	Sam's Grandmother
Lisa Jones	...	Sam's Aunt

Runtime:

87 min (DVD version) | USA:115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Company:

Sawed-Off Collaboratory Productions

A familiar story but told with honesty

One can't watch this film without the gut feeling that it's a story the writer had to tell. Absent any melodramatic flourishes and self-consciously arty touches or sub-plots, it tells a familiar story with such honesty and immediacy that it's as if you are living among Sam, Julien, their families, and friends. Through the poetry of their inarticulateness and the lack of any artifice both Sam and Julian are iconic: Sam, the popular high school kid who only appears to fit in with his crowd and Julian, the outsider who comes along to light up his life. The beauty of this film is its artistic economy. Unlike the long and embellished Hollywood novel, this is a poem in which every spare word and action communicates much more than pages of explanatory chat.