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Breaking The Cycle

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Two good-looking gay guys are roommates in Manhattan. One likes to arrange dates in internet chatrooms; the other wants to get to know the other person first. The former gets "dates" - in a back area of an adult theater and with an 18-year-old nominally straight guy who plays baseball; the latter pines away at home. The roommates claim not to like each other. An underutilized, cute friend of the reserved roommate shows him how to get on the internet. Both roommates end up in the same chatroom. Try guessing the rest.

To its credit, this very earnest film flies through its motions in about 65 minutes. Snickers help one get past the wooden script and acting lulls. There are lots of skin shots, and the casting is attractive, though some of the sex scenes may not convince. (Maybe the two interviews in the extras section help explain that - both actors say they are straight and have never done this sort of thing before.)

While the movie clearly wants to show why getting to know someone before sex is better than a quickie through the internet, the roommate who holds back is not shown succeeding at getting much more than computer advice from a friend, who is told in turn that friendship is not enough to get any sex. The payoff for the slow-going roommate seems no better than the web-shopper's. It is not even clear the roommates will continue to tolerate each other.

Worthy, but trite...

Quite possibly the worst film I have seen since Disorderlies starring the Fat Boys. The acting is awful, the script could have been written by a 10 year old and the score is so bad that it sounds like it was written on a Casio keyboard from Wal-Mart. There is not even a decent message to take away with you. Who doesn't know that chat rooms are not the key to finding love? This film (and I use that term lightly as the picture quality suggests videotape) is so rushed that it is over by the time you get back from the bathroom and even a child would be able to figure out the entire plot within the first 5 minutes. Simply dreadful and not worth wasting your time or money.

If anything this movie is worth it simply for looking at the good looking guys. The story line is a little preachy but still entertaining. "Chad" is particularly attractive and has a classical theatrical quality.

"Breaking the Cycle," is poor, simulated, soft-core gay male erotica shot on video (not film). It attempts to be a romantic comedy with the "message" that surfing the internet for casual sex is no way to find a long-term relationship, hardly an earth-shattering piece of information. The guys are pleasant-looking but the acting is laughable. 10% Productions uses straight actors playing gay; nothing unusual there, but interviews with two of them reveal that they were very uncomfortable doing so. It is obvious that no one received much coaching because the simulated erotic scenes are clumsy and the guys are apparently nervous even about being seen kissing; as a result, they look like they have never kissed anyone, male or female. Everything about their participation is a real turn-off. Irresponsibly, nowhere is there a hint of safe-sex practices. The two principals are supposed to be roommates who are actors having trouble finding work. That premise is the only candid aspect of this mess: who would hire such talentless hacks? This item is a complete failure, falling flatter than a pancake either as comedy or erotica.

The story is nice but the acting...well let's just say 5 years old can do better than that. and again I blame it all at the director...did you take some acting class before ?? or may be he didn't pass cinematography school.

I think it's great that many studios are supporting the gay community by releasing independant titles. I think this movie is super sexy and fun!

I can't believe this was made in 2002. It seemed more like 1992 with the friend's stone aged computer and the roommate going "What's a screen name?" He was like "Chat room? What's that?" "Internet? Never heard of it. Is it new?" I mean COME ON!!!

This movie was a lesson on how to use the internet by someone who has never used it before. This movie is just stupid.

Since this movie was filming in New York and I LOVE NEW YORK CITY I have to already give it credit. The story revolves around a guy who cruises chatrooms and how he isn't satisfied... His roommate a cutie blonde thinks hooking up should be the traditional way. It's not hard to figure out what happens but ya know sometimes I like knowing what happens - HELLO any Julia Roberts Movie... also MAKE sure you check out the commerical the company 10percent productions put in the extras menu - it's the hottest and gayest commerical i've ever seen - think calvin klein meets queer as folk! I'd recommend this charming and sexy story.