Tru Loved (2008)

Recently relocated from San Francisco to conservative suburbia by her lesbian mothers, Tru struggles like all teens to fit in and find love, but her quest is complicated by sexual politics,... See full summary »

Director:

Stewart Wade

Writer:

Stewart Wade

Stars:

Najarra Townsend, Jake Abel, Matthew Thompson

14 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Najarra Townsend	...	Tru
Jake Abel	...	Trevor
Matthew Thompson	...	Lodell
Alexandra Paul	...	Leslie
Cynda Williams	...	Lisa
Alec Mapa	...	Mr. Bushnell
Bruce Vilanch	...	Uncle Daniel
Nichelle Nichols	...	Grandmother
Jasmine Guy	...	Cynthia
Jane Lynch	...	Ms. Maple
Elaine Hendrix	...	Mrs. Muller
Tye Olson	...	Walter
Joseph Julian Soria	...	Manuel
Tony Brown	...	Principal Velasquez
Vernon Wells	...	Coach Wesley

Storyline

Recently relocated from San Francisco to conservative suburbia by her lesbian mothers, Tru struggles like all teens to fit in and find love, but her quest is complicated by sexual politics, closed minds, and closeted friends as she seeks to establish her school's first Gay-Straight Alliance.

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Plot Keywords:

gay straight alliance | lesbian mother | suburbia | lesbianism | african american | 

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Taglines:

Coming out, teen style.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 February 2008 (USA)

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$1,678 (USA) (17 October 2008)

Gross:

$9,467 (USA) (11 June 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

BrownBag Productions (II), Tru Loved

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Film critic Roger Ebert gave the movie a one-star rating, but admitted that he already walked out after 8 minutes. After receiving heavy criticism for rating a movie without having the courtesy to watch it completely, he went back to see the movie in its entirety, and promised to 'never, ever' do it again.

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Soundtracks

"Trippin on India"
Written by Steve Ballard
Performed by Steve Ballard
Courtesy of Stone Lion Music

User Reviews

bloated, limp and literally drips with cheese

The only person who deserves positive credit for Tru-Loved is whoever edited the trailer, because it gives the distinct impression of a cutting edge, highly relevant and entertaining film, but sadly the trailer contains the only good and valuable few minutes of the entire feature.

Tonight after just five minutes I was seriously thinking of pressing the fast forward or eject buttons, but since I'd paid $29 (Australian) I was determined to see it through. What a tragic waste of time and money (for myself as well as the filmmakers). Tru-Loved is bloated, limp and literally drips with cheese - and in spite of being obviously well intended, it manages to fail in every regard as acceptable cinema.

I was especially annoyed that there was so little skill demonstrated in the sound design. There were repeated scenes (mainly in the tree house) where the voices dropped so low that I had to pump the volume on my amp to understand what was being said - and even then the voices were being drowned out by the sound of the actors' footfall. I had to then quickly adjust the amp volume back down as the next scene blared out. That sort of careless attention to detail reflects directly on the technical quality of the whole film.

I had bought this DVD thinking it would be a youth positive asset for an LGBT community film night, but sadly it's much more likely to go in the bin (as did "The Curiosity Of Chance" and "Tan Lines").