Eating Out: Drama Camp

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.

The boys end up at drama camp with a whole bunch of new studs with the sexual hijinks to match. This is even better than the others. Although these aren't great films they're very entertaining. Sometimes intentionally so and sometimes not. This time around relationship lines are pushed and the main continuing couple is challenged. There's of course even more eye candy this time around and despite some truly awful performances its funnier and sexier than the others.

7/10

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 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.

I loved the trilogy. The main characters were always quirky and funny, not to mention sexy. Where was Tiffany!? She was in the film for about 5 seconds and then left us with poor acting and jokes that were so corny, unfunny, and not even camp enough to call this a camp film.

We need less characters, better jokes, more plot development, less plot holes (where the heck did what's his name's talent for copying others' voice come from?), and more guy-on-guy action, please.

This is a stain on the otherwise pristine bed sheet that was the Eating Out series. Please Alan, check your script before you wreck your future films!

• One very unsatisfied Eating Out fan.