>...Shelton's clearly seen the films of Nicole Holofcener, Mike Leigh and the early Woody Allen, but gives those influences her own Pacific Northwest spin.<

is that conjecture or fact? i suggest the author review/critique the film he's watching instead of trying to impress.

The crowning achievement of American Civilization

i've always thought he was ubercute, so i'll definitely be seeing this.

"I...I...I...I... Ain't gonna play Sun City!"

A little dance

Batman's head

Head on a lance

CANNOT be totally straight. We are talking basic hyrdraulics here.

You're on fire, man - these are reviews the way they were meant to be written, but for so long, haven't been. Like those majestic old reviewers as able to define cultural taste as the movies themselves, b/c reviews like that are coming from a place of art too, sometimes even more so than the movies (especially in this age of CGI scenes connected by gum and string plot lines).

Adam Elliot won the Oscar for his claymation short Harvie Krumpet a few years ago. So I assume the claymation in his new film is similar.

I had to laugh as the first paragraph contained the words "bottomless" and "fleece", while the second paragraph used the word "screw".

1 Straight?Dude + 1 Straight?Dude = 2 BI(curious) Dudes!

as the "CHICK" was described.

Love in Peace

what a load of crap, both the movie and the review! give me a break!

thanks but, no thanks. i will get my indies in a non hate state.

Now, send DVDs of the pic to al Qaeda, Hamas and Hezbollah and where exactly they can call upon the artiiissssssts. Then, stand back and watch the luvfest of multicultural tolerance. Say, maybe Sundance...?

...hey, kids, I'm just sayin'....

Occasionally Salon has a feature headline that's below it's standard of reporting. This is such a case.

With all that's going on, this article gets your feature spot?

If the amount of folks commenting is any indication, this decision is not arrived at by hits to the story.

And therefore oppressive to women.

Responses so far:

A) They can't POSSIBLY be straight if they're able to do the deed. No, no, no, no. The horror.

B) Utah is fer h8ers, mon. You're normalizing homophobia just by being there.

My answers:

A) The movie is much smarter than you think it is, and a whole lot smarter than this kneejerk reaction.

B) Park City would definitely secede from Utah if that were possible. There aren't all that many full-time residents, but I guarantee you Obama carried them, probably 65-35 or better. As I wrote in the piece, they'll be broadcasting the inauguration on a Jumbotron at the end of Main Street. If they could have gay marriage here, no doubt they would.

B1) I don't think that kind of boycott is effective or smart anyway. And definitely not in this case.

Since you seem to be reading the letters, did you see the new Yes Men film (The Yes Men Fix The World), Andrew O'Hehir? I haven't read any reviews of that one yet.

then this movie is TOO SMART FOR ME

i'm gonna go rent batman now

It is arguabley a matter of semantics, there are some people who can do both but have a preference and if they prefer women they are straight and if they prefer men they are gay and if they have an equal, or nearly so, reaction they are bi (although at least for men every objective study has shown that there is not such thing as an equal reaction).

Bi to me means you are capable of sex with either. Totally straight, or totally gay, means that you could no more sexually benefit from interacting with the "wrong" gender than hunger could be satisfied by eating rocks. Most straight, or should it be "straight" men are actually like this, I think (I know many are not). It is annoying to be constantly told, at least by implication, that only people who are "flexible" are truly in touch with themselves, blah blah blah.

It is annoying to be constantly told, at least by implication, that only people who are "flexible" are truly in touch with themselves, blah blah blah.

One more time: Not what the movie is about at all. I think the straight-guy demo (to which I belong, after all) will be pretty impressed with it.

And although this is irrelevant to the film, which isn't really about sexual identity, there's a one word response to your slightly defensive and utterly unsupported assertion that straight is straight and gay is gay and never the twain shall meet. The word is "prison."

but a great many (I suspect, but can't prove, a majority) don't and could never have any interest in doing so.

if ALL, or the vast majority, of men were capable of benefiting from it.