Eating Out: Drama Camp

Because the only moments that were funny in the slightest were due to Mink Stole doing her Dirty Old Lady shtick. There were a few halfway decent dramatic scenes by Daniel Skelton - who's much improved from the last movie - and Garikayi Mutambirwa as their characters dealt with their respective romantic troubles. However, Chris Salvatore's acting and singing have gotten worse (not helped by his apparent new venture as a Fonzie impersonator) and it's painfully obvious most of the supporting cast were chosen based solely on what they look like with their clothes off.

I appreciate that the script tried to deal with trans issues in a relatively sensitive and informative manner, but Harmony Santana was barely intelligible and seemed to be in a heated competition with Ronnie Kroell for a Razzie award. (Seriously, the actual porn star they cast was a more natural actor than either of those two.)

The downward spiral of this movie series has me wondering if Q Allan Brocka is our generation's Ed Wood.

I really want to like each new installment of the Eating Out series. I really truly do. I appreciate the work that goes into making a feature film and this series is pretty much the only one of its kind, the gay romantic comedy series. But they're just getting progressively worse and worse. The formula is getting entirely repetitive and in this fourth installment the repetition is literal, with the constant re-doing and re-doing of a scene from "The Taming of the Shrew". It's like the film is on its own internal loop. A character has a breakthrough in one scene and in the next they're right back where they started, as if the first scene never happened. I struggle through one scene and I literally have to stop the film to gather myself up enough to get through the next one. The man-candy is great but I can see screen caps on the Internet. I know the next film is already in the can, but if there's going to be a part 6 then Brocka needs to take a break, regroup and rethink his approach.

I hated the original "Eating Out". Unfunny and stupid full of annoying characters. However I loved part 2 and 3. These were funny, had plenty of male nudity and man on man kissing. What happened here? This follows gay lovers Zach (Chris Salvatore) and Casey (Daniel Skeleton) going to drama camp. There gay Benji (Aaron Milo) falls for Zach but pretends he's str8 so as not to hurt Zach and Casey's relationship...which is already falling apart. Then hunky Beau (Ronnie Kroell) falls for Casey...and loves sleeping in the nude. Str8 guy Luke (Garikayi Mutambirwa) falls for Lily (Harmony Santana)...but she's in the process of turning from a man into a woman and Luke is scared to ask her out.

OK--this was just dreadful. Boring and stupid full of unfunny humor and boring drama. The movie just drags on and on and on. Most of the acting isn't bad but Drew Droege was VERY annoying as Dick Dickey. On the up side the cast was young and appealing; there's plenty of hunky shirtless guys; plenty of hot guy on guy kissing; a pretty damn explicit sex scene between two hot guys where actor Milo bares his attractive body and some full frontals--courtesy of Kroell and ex-porn star Steven Daigle (who looks GREAT for his age). There's also a musical number which is full of energy and quite amusing. But the boring script and unfunny comedy makes this a chore to watch. If it weren't for the hot guys, sex and full frontals this would be unwatchable. I can only give it a 2.

Ok film snobs, this film doesn't make any pretenses about being Ibsen, O'Neill, or even Kaufman. Take it for what is and enjoy. Chris Salvatore is incredibly easy on the eyes, and there is a solid, warm performance by Tiffany Santana.

I think this film is a pretty good follow up to the last 3 Eating out series. This film is a typical gay cheesy guilty pleasure film but trust me these kind of films are also needed in addition to some serious thoughtful cinema. Sometimes asa viewer I don't want to think too much and just want to be entrained. And this film very successfully did that. And not just entertainment, this film has a pretty good helping of eye candy as well which by now you have started to expect from the eating out films.

In this series, the gang heads out for a special thetarical camp headed by experienced Dick Dickey, a weird dude who hasn't had sex for 7 years now. He has one rule hat there will be no sex on the camp for the duration of the camp which in turn only builds up the sexual tenion. Casey and Zack are going through a rough patch in their relationship. The situation worsens when Zack has instant attraction for another camper Benji. Benji initially comes out too strong towards Zack but he pretends to be straight the moment he figures out that Zack has a boyfriend. The duo are signed up for a Shakespeare modern twist on a story where they are supposed to pplay gay lovers. The film focuses on how both casey and Zack have to come to terms with the fact that there relationship is almost over and is time for them to move on. We also have Jason , the straight director who is starting to fall for Lilly, the transgendered girl. Of course, the film ends with everything fit and fine in place, new friendships, relationships made and a hot sexy camp finished.

As said above, the film is an over the top raunchy comedy which tickles your humour cells in the right places. There are so many places where I just burst out laughing. It will be very difficult to put them all here but trust me they were funny. Most actors in the film are supposed to look smoking hot which they do. As far as acting is concerned, they fit well in the realm of this movie but the real test would come if they did something more, outside this to explore their acting abilities. The surprise part of the film was Lilly's character. I am glad that the filmmakers decided to keep this angle as well because not many people have dealt with this subject.

This film is a total guilty pleasure whose aim is just for fun with its many witty one liners.