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Testosterone (2003)

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Reviews Counted:31

Fresh:2

Rotten:29

Average Rating:3.5/10

Consensus: Testosterone is a poorly executed attempt at film noir that follows good-looking yet bland characters through an ultimately aimless plot.

Rated: R

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Sep 10, 2004 Limited

Synopsis: Dean Seagrave (David Sutcliffe), a brilliant graphic novelist with writer’s block, hasn’t been himself lately. Not long ago his sex-bomb Argentine lover Pablo (Antonio Sabato, Jr.) left their... Dean Seagrave (David Sutcliffe), a brilliant graphic novelist with writer’s block, hasn’t been himself lately. Not long ago his sex-bomb Argentine lover Pablo (Antonio Sabato, Jr.) left their California beach house on a cigarette run, and he hasn’t been seen since. This exodus is particularly complicated for Dean because Pablo was meant to be the answer to all of Dean’s problems. That was the plan, anyway. Unable to work, sleep or even drag a razor across his face, Dean does what any self-respecting romantic would do in this situation: he blows off his deadline, throws some clothes in a bag and books a flight on Aerolineas, Argentinas. Destination: Closure. Once in Buenos Aires, Dean tries to track down his beloved Pablo, but this proves more difficult than he anticipated. In addition to the language barrier, Dean gradually discovers that practically everyone he encounters – from Pablo’s domineering mother (Sonia Braga) to the beautiful café owner Sofia (Celina Font), all the way to a guy he picks up in a bookstore (Leonardo Brzezicki) – is not what they seem. By the time Dean and Pablo are re-united, the lines between art and life, resolution and revenge, man and maniac, have all gone fuzzy. Dean abandons all better judgment, and with his broken heart practically leaking blood and testosterone pumping through his veins, he puts a machete on his credit card and heads off to have one last talk with Pablo. -- © Strand Releasing [More]

Starring: David Sutcliffe, Antonio Sabato, Sonia Braga, Jennifer Coolidge

Starring: David Sutcliffe, Antonio Sabato, Sonia Braga, Jennifer Coolidge

Director: David Moreton

Director: David Moreton
Studio: Strand Releasing

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Moreton shows plenty of ambition in his second feature, but somewhere in the space between page and screen, he lost the thread.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
09/26/05
Scott Tobias
Scott Tobias
AV Club

incredibly plot-heavy yet feels light as a feather

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
04/01/05
Don Willmott
Don Willmott
Filmcritic.com

Filled with pretty faces and empty logic, David Moreton's noir-wannabe Testosterone flounders about, doing everything but flutter its eyelashes in an attempt to distract us from its lack of substance.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
01/14/05
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

The movie's primary interest seems to be in following several good-looking men wherever they care to meander.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
12/17/04
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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A pointless, wandering tale of obsession that seems to have little purpose beyond showing that gay characters can be in a messed-up movie too.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
12/17/04
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News
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[Relies] on a creaky plot and gaping lapses in plausibility.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
12/17/04
John Monaghan
John Monaghan
Detroit Free Press
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Unfortunately, Testosterone isn’t as provocative as its premise or its title.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
12/11/04
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
Boston Phoenix

A tonal car wreck -- the equivalent of Chuck Norris crashing though the pages of an Isabel Allende novel.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
12/10/04
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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The tone-challenged movie is meant to be a dark comedy, but there are long stretches without laughs.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
12/09/04
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Broken hearts and testosterone don't mix well with machetes (I think I would have preferred watching the 10 months of romance that they skipped over in the beginning).

Full Review Source: TheMovieChicks.com | comment Comment
12/03/04
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

A lackluster and meandering exercise in psycho-sexual provocation.

Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
12/02/04
Tom Maurstad
Tom Maurstad
Dallas Morning News
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The film’s major objective appears to be showing cute men doing suggestive things. But if that’s your thing, why not just look at pictures? Why ruin it with a story?

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
11/27/04
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

This is a movie in which things happen for no reason other than that the director wills them to happen in order for something else to happen, logic be damned.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
11/26/04
Achy Obejas
Achy Obejas
Chicago Tribune
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Woefully shallow.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
11/21/04
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

The male characters are bland, a fatal flaw for a gay movie, while the women - Celina Font, Sonia Braga and Jennifer Coolidge - steal the show.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
11/19/04
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

If you want to see a movie with some real chops about gays in Argentina, rent Wong Kar Wai's still-hip, still-smoldering Happy Together from 1997, and happier you will be.

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
11/04/04
Laura Kelly
Laura Kelly
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

It's evident that Dean is capable of getting many other good-looking boyfriends if he so desires -- why get so worked up over one who's a jackass?

Full Review Source: New Times | comment Comment
10/22/04
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

Heavy on the eye candy, light on plot and logic.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
10/22/04
Joe Brown
Joe Brown
San Francisco Chronicle
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105 grueling minutes of film noir-inflected nonsense.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
10/22/04
Peter Debruge
Peter Debruge
Miami Herald

Never manages to reconcile its conflicting tones and ultimately lacks the wit necessary to fuel its outlandish plotting.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
09/29/04
Frank Scheck
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