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Breakfast With Scot

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i was lucky enough to be in toronto last fall when this movie was released in theaters...i was so impressed i went to see it three times!
unlike most "gay" movies, this one is super clean, you wont be embarrassed to show it to your grandmother! the story is heartwarming, funny, sometimes sad, but very uplifting, shows how opening your heart to change can make life better for everyone around you. TOTALLY different adapatation from the book...i must say i enjoyed the movie better then the book! the screenplay should be published as the updated version! this is a movie the gay community should be very proud of....there is a lesson in this film for everyone who watches it!
WONDERFUL, CLEAN, & A SUPER "holiday" type movie for the gay community!

I ordered this movie from Amazon.ca as Amazon.com did not have any new DVDs and I am so glad I did! This movie made me laugh and cry and want to learn to play hockey! A beautiful story told with heart that proves independent filmmaking takes the cake over a Hollywood blockbuster anyday.

Breakfast with Scot was the best movie shown during this year's GLBT film festival in Philadelphia. I have been impatiently waiting for it to become available on DVD so that I can own it and share it with friends and family.

I fell in love with this movie long before the first viewing ended. The story is a bit formulaic at times, so events are predictable, but the characters are so well portrayed, and situations so unique, that it feels fresh.

Eric and Sam are a happy, childless, gay couple. Eric was once a professional hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs (this is the first gay-themed film where a professional sports team allowed the use of their logo). After a serious injury, he retired as a player, settled in with Sam, and got a job as a sportscaster on TV. Eric keeps his relationship and orientation a secret, except from family and friends, and Sam humors him. One day, they find out that Sam's brother Billy gained custody of 11-year-old Scot when the Scot's mother died of an overdose. Billy had dated the mother (Julia) previously, and Julia had never updated her will. Since Billy is nowhere to be found (he's horribly irresponsible), Child Services places Scot with Sam and Eric for a short while. To complicate matters, Scot turns out to be flamboyant and effeminate. While Eric tries to keep his sexuality a secret, Scot draws attention to it, especially since he introduces Eric to people as "This is Eric. He's watching over me. He's gay." Keep in mind that Eric is not only a former hockey player, but a former, good, professional hockey player who was a great fighter too.

Tom Cavanagh plays Eric wonderfully well. He's interesting and fun to watch, he gives Eric a great personality, has good comedic timing, and shows his chops with the dramatic scenes. It's a joy to watch Eric gradually go from ambivalence to fatherhood through the course of the film. Noah Bernett is great as Scot (with only one "T", since it stops there). Scot exhibits many stereotypical gay characteristics (to an extreme), his actual sexuality is wisely never explored (making the character even more interesting), he's flamboyant, honest, talkative, exuberant, inquisitive... a smorgasbord of characteristics. And Noah Bernett manages to tie it all together and make Scot seem real.

The movie has a nice pace to it. There are ample comic moments with good dramatic moments mingled throughout. The characters are incredibly charismatic, and the overall tone of the movie is very enjoyable. Direction could have been a tad tighter though as some moments didn't play out to their fully potential, but was still good. Though Scot is the most visible character in the movie, the real story is in Eric. Here we have someone who simply wasn't comfortable with having the "gay" label attached to him. As he learned to accept Scot, he learned to accept himself. In a sense, it's a coming-out story, but executed so sublimely as to not feel that way. The movie doesn't have a "political" feel to it, and doesn't even really come off as a "gay" movie. It's just feel-good fun movie. The kind where you can start it at any point, sit back, and enjoy.

This is a beautiful story that is touching, hilarious, dramatic, and makes us look at things in ways we haven't before. I'm a huge Tom Cavanaugh fan and he is excellent in his role of an ex-hockey player/sportscaster who for seemingly obvious reasons can't come out of the closet. His and his partner's quiet, enjoyable life turns upside down in a sudden turn of events, and watching all of the characters come to grips with it is a lot of fun and has a lot of heart. Serious kudos go out to the kid playing "Scot (with one t)" who is just the most endearing, honest, and open young actor. You seriously do not want this movie to ever end. My mom loved it too (we saw it at a film festival together) and had to have her own copy and it has been watched quite a few times. Every time as wonderful as the first.

This movie is a must have for your gay movie collection. It isn't a coming out movie or even one of those all about sex films! its a great family film that funny, well written, and really interesting. It really does touch your heart. I loved watching this movie so much and im happy to own it!

I actually enjoyed this movie and the way people were just normal and engaging with each other. Tom and his partner made it clear that you dont have to wear you gay membership badge to be gay at all, infact in the beginning of the movie, he was always trying to insinuate that his private life is what it is, private. Scot was just a little mess but adorable too. I loved it.

It is refershing that another country makes the first gay movie with the endorsement of a professional sports team.

Tom Cavanaugh plays Eric, an injured professional hockey player. Sam his lawyer and partner is played by Ben Shenkman. Scot, the orphaned young boy, played by Noah Bernett, is the son of one of Billy (Sam's brother) many girlfriends who dies of a drug overdose and leaves custody of Scot to Billy.

While trying to locate Billy (who happens to be in Brazil), the court dumps custody of Scot to Sam and Eric. Eric is very closeted and masculine about his approach to being gay because he is a sports host on a local TV station. Scot, on the hand, is as effeminated as you can be, emulating the only memory of his mother. Scot disrupts Eric and Sam lives with his funny eccentricities.

The morals of the story are basically that gay parents can be good parents and that you don't need to hide or pretend who you are beacuse that what is the world wants you to be, because deep down inside, everybody knows.

The movie is charming, the kids from Scot's school are lovable (except for the abnoxious kid from across the street, but even with his bigotry, you learn to accept him.) The friends and relatives of Eric and Sam are all understanding and good company. And best of all I love the transformation Eric goes through when Scot comes into his life. Oh yes, Scot is delightful, good acting on all parts.

Good production values. This is not one of those gay movies produced on a small budget or at least it didn't look like it. The acting was top notch all around. Direction was good. The story was good except for one small point... and it might be considered a spoiler.

SPOILER POSSIBLY: If you read the review, you know most of the story and how the gay couple are closeted in public. What I found weird is how they seem closeted in private. And maybe this is part of Eric's journey of growth. But I found it hard to believe that the only gay thing they do together is "maybe" have sex (and I'm not even sure how affectionate that would be). I mean, this couple did not seem like a couple. That was the one thing that struck me odd about the movie. Overall, tho well done and I did like the main storyline of not conforming to gender roles and acceptance.