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SXSW Viewers Love Lukas Gage And Zachary Quinto's Outrageous Gay Comedy
Promising reviews are coming out of the film festival for Down Low .
Zachary Quinto and Lukas Gage’s new irreverent gay comedy just premiered at SXSW — and the reviews rolling in are raising our hopes for just how much fun this film is going to be.
The logline for Down Low keeps it simple, promising a movie about “a deeply repressed man, the uninhibited young man that gives him a happy ending, and all the lives they ruin along the way.”
Reports from the film festival describe a plot that takes place over 24 hours and follows Gary (Quinto), a man who has lost his loved ones after coming out as gay and decides to hire a “masseur” named Cameron (Gage) for a hand job — only Cameron decides to take it upon himself to help Gary plunge headfirst into this new world instead.
While some reviewers loved it and others found it lacked some key element keeping it grounded and together, all seem to agree that it manages to be raunchy, outrageous, and unpredictable, a departure from just about all familiar LGBTQ-centric comedies.
And “different” is likely enough to get interested queer viewers to tune in and judge for ourselves — especially considering some of the particularly congratulatory responses from SXSW-goers.
“It might be morbid at times, making you think about death and mortality, but also, hate to break it to you but we’re all gonna die,” Gage said of the film. “So, you better live your life to the fullest and you better embrace every moment because all that other shit doesn’t really matter.”
Down Low was written by Gage and Phoebe Fisher, and serves as Rightor Doyle’s feature directing debut. It also stars Judith Light, Simon Rex, and Audra McDonald.
Rachel Kiley is presumably a writer and definitely not a terminator. She can usually be found crying over queerbaiting in the Pitch Perfect franchise or on Twitter, if not both.
Rachel Kiley is presumably a writer and definitely not a terminator. She can usually be found crying over queerbaiting in the Pitch Perfect franchise or on Twitter, if not both.
