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Night Larry Kramer Kissed Me, The

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8.5 User Score:

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Based on 6 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: David Drake (also play)

Directed by: Tim Kirkman

Release Date:
Theatrical: July 14, 2000

Running Time: 81 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: Not rated

Starring David Drake

In nine inter-connected scenes, this film charts a course through the depths and shallows of the urban gay male experience while exposing the sexual, spiritual and political yearnings at the heart of gay America.

What The Critics Said

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80

The New York Times Lawrence Van Gelder

Mr. Drake can be rivetingly angry, intense, frenetic, frank and touching.

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70

Village Voice Jessica Winter

Once Drake reaches the candlelight vigil that acts as his penultimate set piece, he sustains an impossible balance between mordant wit and articulate bewilderment.

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70

LA Weekly Chuck Wilson

Drake draws us in, digging deep to track the occasionally divine, always ridiculous journey that is big-city gay life.

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63

New York Post Hannah Brown

There's enough wit, intelligence and theatrical intensity at work in Larry Kramer to overcome an occasional tendency toward politically correct smugness.

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63

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

On film, and eight years after they were written, his urgent re-creations of an awkward first date, or a Village People obsession, feel both overly familiar and almost embarrassingly earnest.

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60

TV Guide Ken Fox

It exudes a slightly stale air that does nothing to dispel gay stereotypes.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 8.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Bob J. gave it a7:
Very good. A peek into what some call the 'gay lifestyle.'

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