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Dale is an attractive, hard-as-nails gay male escort in Greenwich, London. He specialises in fulfilling sexual fantasies - dressing up as a schoolboy, BDSM, you name it, he's done it, yet his own dreams of a happy ending are complicated when straight best friend and childhood crush Raj announces his forthcoming marriage. Meanwhile, a spate of gay hate crimes are being reported on the local heath...
Co-starring Michael Joyce, better known on the London gay scene as flamboyant drag artiste Estee Applauder, and Brazilian beefcake model Israel Cassol, Carl Medland's gritty love letter to East London winningly combines the heady romance of 'Beautiful Thing' with the darker side of London life.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Stick a pin in any gay cliche from the last 30 years and you'll find it in this film. Dale is a narsacistic escort whose aloof nature hides deep commitment issues and has a thing for his closetted asian best friend who's about to get married. His other friend is a bitter drag queen who hides his loneliness under layers of glittery eye shadow. The Cost of Love is what the film is about. The cost of the dvd and your time is what you need to question. Stilted dialogue, hammy acting and a lack of originality suggest that nobody had the courage to turn round and say "It might be very relevant for gay londoners who are friends of the cast and crew but what about the lack of plot, characterisation and poor script? "
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Such a disappointment! Having read some of the reviews and noted the audience awards I was looking forward to a gay film with a difference. I gave this film 2 stars. 5 stars for effort minus 3 for execution. I just didn't work. The main character has no charisma. Although well acted (but not consistently) he is just dull with no redeeming features that allowed you to feel any sympathy of empathy. The actor who played Raj was possibly the best actor is the film. Consistent and believable as was the guy who played Richard. But some of the others I'm afraid were pretty dreadful. The guy who played Sean. There is more to acting and playing a transvestite than brushing strands of wig hear from your face. Dreadful. The women who played Veena and Christina were also pretty dreadful. Very stodgy.
But the main problem with this film is it has no idea what it is trying to achieve. Rather than indie it came across as amateurish. The story is fragmented and shows no consistency. The very first scene is gratuitous. It has absolutely no relevance to the plot or character development and was a taste of what was to come. As a drama it just doesn't work. Had they opted for a black comedy, this would have worked so much better. By moving the big teary scene at the end to the beginning then covering the events that led to that point in time and injecting some humour, the fantasies would have also worked. Then the truth revealed in the very last scene would have worked at the end. The main responsibility for the failure is the script and the direction. Very sloppy and inconsistent and it just limps from one scene to the next. The movie drags. No pun intended. The dinner party scenes were terrible. And when Veena revealed her secret I groaned. Are you kidding! Talk about soap! The scenes between Sean and his mother should have been cut. They were excruciatingly bad. Had great difficulty keeping my finger off the fast forward button. In it's defence however, the production values were pretty good. Especially the photography. One question. Are Paul and Ringo aware that the Beatles sound was ripped off so mercilessly in the songs?
I so wanted to like this film. Good gay movies are so few and far between and this showed such promise but alas .......
But the main problem with this film is it has no idea what it is trying to achieve. Rather than indie it came across as amateurish. The story is fragmented and shows no consistency. The very first scene is gratuitous. It has absolutely no relevance to the plot or character development and was a taste of what was to come. As a drama it just doesn't work. Had they opted for a black comedy, this would have worked so much better. By moving the big teary scene at the end to the beginning then covering the events that led to that point in time and injecting some humour, the fantasies would have also worked. Then the truth revealed in the very last scene would have worked at the end. The main responsibility for the failure is the script and the direction. Very sloppy and inconsistent and it just limps from one scene to the next. The movie drags. No pun intended. The dinner party scenes were terrible. And when Veena revealed her secret I groaned. Are you kidding! Talk about soap! The scenes between Sean and his mother should have been cut. They were excruciatingly bad. Had great difficulty keeping my finger off the fast forward button. In it's defence however, the production values were pretty good. Especially the photography. One question. Are Paul and Ringo aware that the Beatles sound was ripped off so mercilessly in the songs?
I so wanted to like this film. Good gay movies are so few and far between and this showed such promise but alas .......
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The blurb on this DVD compares it to "Beautiful Thing" which was a love story with a happy ending. This film is full of repellant people who in no way endear themselves to the viewer; the script is poorly written and disjointed and the plot is non-existent. If we cared about the "hero" the ending would be heartbreaking; as it is, I couldn't care less. A waste of money.
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wooden & cliched
The story line and characters in this film are cliched. The dialogue is clunky and the the acting is wooden. Read more
Published 3 months ago by G L Pert
Enjoyed!
Enjoyed this movie alot-main actor gives a great performance, and what an ending. Strong perfs from the other actors too. As usual,the Brits deliver!
Published 3 months ago by The Guy
Makes me suspicious of the good reviews
Sometimes when a very bad movie gets a great review, it's because a friend or relative of someone involved in making the movie wrote it. Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. Martin
Drag Queens, Cruising, Saunas and no queues for a toilet in a Gay Bar!
This is an indie gay themed film from writer and director Carl Medland. It tells the story of Dale, a 28 year old `hustler' and his friends. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Tommy D
Dragging along
Interesting plot delivered in lifeless acting and dragging along - in and out of drag.
Might have been interesting as a 30 minutes short, cutting most of the dead wood.
Might have been interesting as a 30 minutes short, cutting most of the dead wood.
Published 5 months ago by T. J. M. Klerk
Raw sexuality and the celebration of desire
"The Cost of Love" makes for an interesting study of one man's sexuality, which like his personality exudes raw carnal desire. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Kurt Clare
Intriguing film with a great star turn
This is a far from run-of-the-mill love story. It has intrigue, edginess, something to say and, in Christopher Kelham's central performance as Dale, a fantastic lead actor. Read more
Published 6 months ago by D. P. McGowan
afternoon delight
This film will not change your life bt it is an entertaining way to spend a few hours . Great script , with great twists . Read more
Published 6 months ago by cartoon
Very enjoyable!
I thought this film was well acted, considering the difficult subjects it tackled. The best storyline of the film, Estee Applauder meeting his/her father for the first time, could... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Cliff
Am I missing something?
I found this DVD absolutely dreadful. The script was unlifelike, none of the characters were credible and only appeared to speak lines to develop the 'story' rather than bing... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Pablo
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