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- 2014
- R
- Vertical Entertainment
- 1 h 32 m
- 2014
- R
- Vertical Entertainment
- 1 h 32 m
Summary Social warfare erupts when three high school clique queens battle for supremacy: drama diva Caprice (Xosha Roquemore), Mormon princess ‘Shley (Andrea Bowen) and blonde fashionista Fawcett (Sasha Pieterse). When unassuming Tanner (Michael J. Willet) is outted, he finds himself cast as the hottest new teen-girl accessory: The Gay Best Frie...
Directed By: Darren Stein
Written By: George Northy
- 2014
- R
- Vertical Entertainment
- 1 h 32 m
- 2014
- R
- Vertical Entertainment
- 1 h 32 m
G.B.F.
56
7.9
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Summary Social warfare erupts when three high school clique queens battle for supremacy: drama diva Caprice (Xosha Roquemore), Mormon princess ‘Shley (Andrea Bowen) and blonde fashionista Fawcett (Sasha Pieterse). When unassuming Tanner (Michael J. Willet) is outted, he finds himself cast as the hottest new teen-girl accessory: The Gay Best Frie...
Directed By: Darren Stein
Written By: George Northy
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
56
57% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
29% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
14% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
56
57% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
29% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
14% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
G.B.F. has been unfairly slapped with an R rating, but the film is about as scandalous as a "Glee" episode. It's suitable for young teenage girls, who apparently are far more at ease with the times than the homophobic folks at the MPAA. Don't let their rating fool you: The movie may be thoroughly modern, yet it's old-fashioned, too.
The film, lensed in appealing candy-striped colors, has so much fun exploding stereotypes and radiates with such infectious comic gusto and genuine good nature, that it would be almost churlish to resist its charms.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 33 User Ratings
7.9
73% Positive
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
18% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
9% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 33 User Ratings
7.9
73% Positive
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
18% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
9% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
You know? It was actually a really funny movie. Yeah, you can feel the cliché and all that.
Pretty good actually.
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Northy’s script sometimes ventures too far into cartoon territory, but its best aspect is the way it turns high-school groupthink on its head.
Once this self-consciously campy fairy tale stops trying so hard to emulate every high-school comedy and TV show from the past 30 years and relaxes into a stream of clever repartee and amusing situations, it eventually offers enough LOL opportunities to deserve a passing grade.
The subject matter calls for ruthless observation, but his candy-colored pop vision has more in common with “Glee” than, say, “Heathers.” He’s aiming for a stinging WTF, but winds up with a fairly mild LOL.
Despite a premise with broad appeal and a script boasting plenty of laughs among its misfires, the high school fable falters.
I guess I’ve seen worse teen sex comedies, but it’s rare to encounter one this stupid.
Finally got a chance to watch this after seeing how well it performed on rotten tomato, and I gotta admit it's a really funny movie! Just imagine John Hughes directing a movie with a **** protagonist. The writing is really fresh, giving a fun satire on high school culture and how **** kids are often viewed. It's a very exaggerated universe and the actors pull off the comedy very well, especially Xosha Roquemore who I've only seen in a small part in Precious but she is a great comedian (and sexy to boot). I hope more people get a chance to see this through word of mouth.
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The director of Jawbreaker brings us GBF a.k.a. **** Best Friend a coming of age, teen rom com. The movie centers around a young man whose outed by being **** into using a **** dating app in school. Three social queens seek him out and give him a makeover so that he can be their gbf. Mainly because it's trending. It's a fairly basic teen flick with an overdue twist. The movie is cute and funny and manages to explore some fairly relevant subject matter about being **** in high school. But unlike Jawbreaker it's very ABC family, there's not a dark bone in it's glittery body. That being said the movie is fun, colorful and entertaining even though it's all a bit predictable.
7.25/10
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Summary: G.B.F. is highly entertaining, original and likable; even though it doesn't succeed when it tries to be a deeper film. 67/100 [B-]
In G.B.F., social warfare erupts when three high school clique queens battle for supremacy: drama diva Caprice, Mormon princess 'Shley and blonde fashionista Fawcett. When unassuming Tanner is outted, he finds himself cast as the hottest new teen-girl accessory: The **** Best Friend. The clique queens immediately pounce and makeover Tanner into their ideal arm candy, forcing him to choose between popularity and the true friends - including his own B.F.F. Brent - that he's leaving behind. G.B.F. has an interesting and original premise. I enjoyed it, it was very funny and doesn't deserve an R rating at all. This movie was hilarious and what I really liked about it was the amazing supporting cast, Taylor Frey as "Topher" had the best scenes in the movie, he was great.
G.B.F. has a mostly unknown cast, but there were some famous young actresses such as: Sasha Pieterse (Pretty Little Liars), Molly Tarlov (Awkward) and the actress/singer Joanna "JoJo" Levesque (RV, Aquamarine). They were quite likable, and I'll be honest, I saw this film mainly because I am a huge fan of Joanna's work, and she was good in this movie. G.B.F. is everything but predictable. I liked its execution, the first 15 minutes were laugh-out-loud and straight to the point. The whole first act was kinda of sad, and deep sometimes. The rest of the movie is more about the prom and some funny stuff. The film at the third act tries to go deep again, but it feels forced and ineffective. Some sexual scenes in the film were very awkward to watch, so if you are not familiar with this stuff, just don't see it.
G.B.F. has its funny parts, some of them were very funny. I enjoyed it so much and I was entertained. The movie leverages its uncommon premise and you care for the main character, he's shy and likable. G.B.F. is like a very good T.V. film. You will laugh a lot and is enjoyable. It's just a small, remarkable, indie film, hard to forget. I know that this is a very low-budget film, so don't expect many locations. I recommend it if you like teen comedies. The drama and the deep stuff doesn't work, but the comedy was quite well done. The script is sometimes laughable, but it works, it was amusing and mostly effective. Sometimes in the second act the direction was messy and the relation between the characters was confusing. But overall, I still recommend it. [B-]
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A light and fluffy **** comedy that is sporadically amusing even if after a while it seems to be a one note joke. The cast inject bags of energy in to the proceedings and the production is certainly colourful, in every sense of he word. To get the most out of the screenplay it is imperative that you have an understanding of **** jargon. If you don't the film just doesn't play. If you do you may very well love it.
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Production Company
School Pictures,
Parting Shots Media,
Logolite Entertainment,
ShadowCatcher Entertainment,
Steakhaus Productions
Release Date Jan 17, 2014
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating R
Tagline Being out has never been so in.
Awards
FilmOut San Diego, US
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
