Elliot Loves

I loved this indie film about a gay Dominican kid growing up in Queens New York. This film treads lightly and with humor through some subject matter that could have easily been disturbing and serious. I love the humor, the insider views to Dominican family dynamics that are so rare in film, and the performance by the main character Elliot. This film has that essential indie feeling where the story is more important than the production value and that ultimately leads to something that feels much more authentic than a Hollywood film.

The movie is about a boy named Elliot; his life and quest for love.

The movie can a times be an emotional rollercoaster, switching from from comedy to tragedy. Some reviews I've read said that (adult) Elliot tries to hard to be funny, I think this is an interesting character detail because since Elliot was abused for almost his whole life, he tries to make people laugh, though sometimes be it to hard.

My favourite parts of the movies were when Elliot was young, due to the amazing acting of young Elliot and his mother.

The story is well written and acted out, the actors all appear to be really close and do an amazing job at portraying the story.

I truly believe this to be the best movie I've ever watched, the only movie to make me cry; I think the rating is so low because it's not relatable to the general, white, population-that's one of the things I especially love. The movie is very diverse and strays from the normative white protagonists, in having mainly POC actors, with only two non-POC actors having lines.

When I first found this movie by accident, I had no idea what to expect, because I didn't read any reviews or watch the trailer, but to my surprise it's unlike any movie I've seen before or most movies to come. What holds this movie from being more known or appreciated is homophobia and racism.

In conclusion, this is a well written story with an excellent movie portrayal, and though it may be hard to understand the story for some, people whom do not understand the culture and phenomena of the movie, it's a movie I would and have recommended to my friends.

In truth, this movie may more be worthy of a 9 but I love it so much.

This movie is more of a comedy and i love that so much. Plus Elliot's actor has a real energy to his character. But so much is weighed down by everything the film isnt as far as a movie goes. Like, most of the acting and the editing is just straight up bizarre and all over the place with an animated sequence that was quirky but again was just kind of bizarrely placed.

I wish that there were more lgbt films that could really shine. Especially because I particularly like Elliot and his position with his relationships, but I felt like the presentation was just so barren and devoid of the life that his life is filled with. I also love the latino culture in this movie, but it didnt really feel entirely flesh out and included.

I never really leave reviews but I definitely wanted to for this one. I'm not a film expert so bare with me but I do watch plenty of queer films. It takes a lot to weed out the bad gay movies, but this one was definitely one of the best.

The main character, Elliot, is young and naive but he is lovely. The movie switches from him as a child to him trying to find love as a young adult.

A lot of movies don't give enough emotion to the characters so you never truly get to know or connect with them. This movie does exactly that tho. You get to know the characters and not just Elliot. It has a lot of depth. This movie is a combination of funny, happy, and sad. The entire movie I was either laughing or crying. I don't normally feel all those emotions while watching movies but this one was different.

I'm also always scared that when I watch a gay movie it will have a sad ending but I felt very content with the end of this movie. I think the sad parts were very necessary and make it all the more better. By the end of the movie I think Elliot had grown a bit as a person which is what he really needed.

I will most definitely watch this movie again. Its amazing and I definitely recommend.

Elliot is a young love-starved 21 yo in search of a real relationship. He's a goofy, energetic, likeable Romantic (with a capital R) with a bad history of hookups and failed relationships; paralleling that of his mother's disastrous love life. Elena Goode deserves special mention as his mother who is the real emotional core of the film. She's amazing, charming and mesmerizing as a young single mother trying to hold on to her youth and dreams yet constantly finding the wrong boyfriend. And poor Elliot has to put up with that. There's even a montage of Elliot reuniting wih a failed hookup side by side with his mother's backstory of dating a BMOC and getting dumped with a pregnant Elliot in spire of her mother's warnings. Both Goode and the actor playing Elliot's emoting during this scene are the reason to watch this movie. The director makes some really weird choices such as having young Elliot bare-bottomed on the toilet telling his story as if it were an interview and there are random animated scenes probably meant to hide the low budget. The other actors are flaky and campy but this IS a comedy first, drama second so expect Elliot not to end up the same as his mother and have the 'heppy ever after' ending one can expect. There a lot of terrible films out there but happily this is not one of them though it could be better. Let Elliot and his family charm their way into your hearts and maybe you'll see yourself in them. Look for a young pre-Queer Eye Antoni Porowski as one of Ma's lovers.