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Cut Sleeve Boys

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Cut Sleeve Boys reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Comedy  |  Romance

Written by: Ray Yeung

Directed by: Ray Yeung

Release Date:
Theatrical: August 10, 2007
DVD: November 13, 2007

Running Time: 86 minutes, Color

Origin: UK / Hong Kong

Summary

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Starring Chowee Leow, Steven Lim, Gareth Rhys Davis, Neil Collie, John 'Ebon-knee' Campbell, Paul Cox, Michelle Lee, and David Cary

Cut Sleeve Boys is a quirky stir fried journey of self discovery and ultimately, a makeover of the British Chinese gay experience. (Regent Releasing)

What The Critics Said

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70

LA Weekly Paul Malcolm

There’s a lot to like in writer-director Ray Yeung’s low-key romantic comedy, once you get past its overly enunciated identity issues, which were, according to Yeung, the film’s raison d’être.

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70

Film Threat Phil Hall

Something of a surprise: a gay-oriented feature that is genuinely touching and sincere.

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50

San Francisco Chronicle David Wiegand

Better than its promotional description: "A stir-fried journey of self-discovery" - but not by much.

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50

Variety Jay Weissberg

No amount of Botox or false eyelashes can rejuvenate helmer Ray Yeung's Cut Sleeve Boys, which recycles way too many gay cliches.

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50

TV Guide Ken Fox

There's nothing particularly original about art-director-turned-filmmaker Ray Yeung's good-natured look at a pair of aging gay men in London, other than the fact that these men happen to be of Chinese descent. Beyond that, it's pretty much gay business as usual.

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40

Los Angeles Times Mark Olsen

The bones of something more interesting are there -- how people come to mentally and emotionally define themselves and the ways in which they often need to realign those beliefs -- but Yeung can never reconcile his impulses toward humor and human conflict, so things tend to sputter about, feeling disconnected and episodic.

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38

Chicago Tribune Sid Smith

Despite original touches, Cut Sleeve Boys is mostly a mediocre gay-themed movie plagued by tired humor and slapdash filmmaking.

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30

Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum

Unfortunately the movie's more interesting and challenging social aspects, which imply more than one "British-Chinese gay experience," are often overtaken by its smarminess--including an aggressively banal score and the way some actors have apparently been encouraged to overwork their eyebrows.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 3.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes

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