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Sun Kissed
Wolfe Releasing

Sun Kissed reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 24 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
2.0 out of 10
based on 4 reviews
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Starring John Ort, Gregory Marcel, Laura Hofrichter, George Stoll, Dyanne Asimow, Josh Kanuck, and Michael Hong

Teddy, a budding novelist, retreats to his professor’s isolated desert home in California to pursue the completion of his first novel. There he meets Leo, a handsome young caretaker who shows Teddy the ropes of desert living. Teddy becomes instantly smitten by Leo’s casual and sexy demeanor. When Teddy seduces Leo one night, hidden layers of who Leo really could be are gradually revealed. Was Leo married? Did Leo’s wife die under mysterious circumstances? And what is the true nature of Leo’s relationship with Crispin, the older gay gentleman who owns and controls the desert house where the two young men frolic? Reminiscent of the cinema of David Lynch and Francois Ozon, this daring and surreal desert noir is sure to thrill cinephiles everywhere. (Two Boots Pioneer Theater)


GENRE(S): Drama  |  Gay/Lesbian  |  Romance  
WRITTEN BY: Patrick McGuinn  
DIRECTED BY: Patrick McGuinn  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: April 3, 2007 
Theatrical: November 22, 2006 
RUNNING TIME: 92 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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50
TV Guide Ken Fox
Sex and psychosis mix in this nice looking, Super-8 psychodrama from Patrick McGuinn, the son of former-Byrd Roger McGuinn.
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40
Village Voice Jessica Grose
The only joy to be extracted from Sun Kissed is voyeuristic: watching Teddy and Leo's taut bodies as they frolic in the sun-drenched surf. To music you like.
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30
Variety Dennis Harvey
Without the songs, the underdeveloped bisexual triangle would seem shapeless. Even with the music, the film is a poorly crafted grab-bag of ideas barely elaborated upon enough to sustain a 20-minute short.
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10
The New York Times Neil Genzlinger
When a movie aspires to be gay pornography but can't even manage that, well, you know you've got a bad movie.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 2.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
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Steve K. gave it a2:
Held my interest, as a kind of film noir. But definitely overall subpar.

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