Trick

Trick

**1/2

Reviewed by: Angus Wolfe Murray

When gay cinema is sweet, it can be sickening. Doris Day and Rock Hudson would approve.

Gabe (Christian Campbell) is a shy songwriter in New York who allows himself to be picked up on the subway by Mark (John Paul Pitoc), a morose go-go boy, with a perfectly sculpted body.

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What they want is a quickie, but can't find the venue. Gabe shares an apartment with a red bloodied hetero, who has girls on a revolving quota system, and Mark lives with his mom miles away.

During the tippy-toe phase, when sex is on the cards but held close to the chest, they fall in love. Two sugars, or one? Five, please.

Films like this demand to be slapped. To do so would add an element of eroticism, outside the concept of innocence as a turn on. Films like this plead to be hung off the Xmas tree.

Quote of the movie: "I knew you were different when I saw your hairy armpits." Enjoy.

Reviewed on: 19 Jan 2001
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Two gay men have a night of misadventures in Manhattan.
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Trinity ****

Director: Jim Fall

Writer: Jason Schafer

Starring: Christian Campbell, John Paul Pitoc, Tori Spelling, Lorri Bagley, Brad Beyer

Year: 1999

Runtime: 89 minutes

BBFC: 15 - Age Restricted

Country: US

Festivals:

EIFF 1999

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