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Hard Pill (2005)

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User Rating: 7.0/10 (259 votes)
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Overview

Director:
John Baumgartner
Writers:
John Baumgartner (story)
John Baumgartner (written by)
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Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Queer today. Gone tomorrow.
Plot:
A despondent gay man throws his life and relationships into turmoil when he volunteers for a controversial pharmaceutical study for a drug designed to make gay men straight. | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Queasy drama with a somewhat subversive premise... more

Cast

 (Credited cast)

Jonathan Slavin ... Tim

Scotch Ellis Loring ... Joey

Susan Slome ... Sally

Mike Begovich ... Don

Jennifer Elise Cox ... Tanya

Jason Bushman ... Matt

Beth Grant ... Mom

Michael Chieffo ... Dad

Alec Mapa ... Protestor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Patrick Anthony ... Fundy #1

Lisa Marie Basada ... Tiff
John Baumgartner ... Fundy #2
Karen 'Kaz' Brecher ... Cafe Woman
Maura Dominguez ... Fantasy Woman

John Hartmann ... Ed
Matt Hausmann ... New Day Volunteer

Jen McAllister ... Nurse
Kathy Morath ... Soccer Mom

Timothy Omundson ... Brad
Byron Quiros ... Guy

Marcus Reynaga ... Trashy
Jessalyn Rizzi ... Amber

Cory Schneider ... One Night Stand
Shannon Shepherd ... Passionate Woman #1
Brian Shyne ... Laughing Man
Jim Simone ... Clerk
Susan Stoebner ... Passionate Woman #2
Douglas Weston ... Doctor
Jeffrey Wright ... Passionate Man #1
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Additional Details

Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Australia:MA (2007)
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Soundtrack:
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3 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Queasy drama with a somewhat subversive premise..., 19 April 2007
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Author: moonspinner55 from redlands, ca

Hapless 33-year-old gay man with only a few friends volunteers to take a new drug which promises to make him heterosexual. The trouble with this premise is, the central character (inhibited and wounded) would be unhappy in any sexual environment, either with a woman or another man. Writer-director John Baumgartner doesn't seem to take this into consideration, and so puts our hero into uncomfortable scenes such as the one where he gets intimate with a female co-worker (who is seen as desperate and deluded). Low-budget and self-conscious, the picture doesn't even have the energy to hint at any intriguing ideas other than straight-vs.-gay. Baumgartner sees the casual indifference of the bar crowds and gives us a glimpse of the man's office job and his lonely life, but the main issue ("What would life be like if I were straight?") is too facile and obvious as a story-hook. Why not make the guy a bigot who is forced to take a gay pill? The point made here is strictly a dead-end one, made even worse by one-dimensional people who don't merit much interest. * from ****

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