Barrio Boy

This is one of those frustrating movies that had everything needed to make it at very least an enjoyable way to pass an hour and twenty minutes but it just missed out on the very fundamental element of any good movie , a good script. The actors were all competent but they were totally held back by a bad script. There are lots of pointless scenes of cats in alleys and then the end of the story has to be related to a character so that we actually find out what did , or didn't happen. It had all the potential to be a much better movie and it could have been worse but it should have been a whole lot better. I don't like to s**t on a movie that a lot of people put a lot of time and effort into but I was very kind rating this a 7. Disappointing.

Standing up to your own family can be a really hard thing to do. Especially when that family member is a violent one. And this movie is an excellent example of that. Quique lives in a neighborhood that screams toxic masculinity. Especially his criminal cousin, Cuz. A homophobic and violent drug dealer who makes his life harder than it should have been. It's a real life depiction of someone's struggle. That's what I like about this movie. The story was delivered with solid acting and decent plot. What I don't like is the ending. It's kind of disappointing, at least for me. The decision that Quique took was very disappointing, it's cowardice. And when he finally overcame his fears, it was already too late. If you wanna watch this movie, just be prepared for a lousy ending.

As an DL Nuyorican, I came across the bay Puerto Rican movie, Barrio Boy. After watching the trailer online at Amazon Prime video, I decided to purchase the movie to be apart of my movie collection. Quique, an attractive hot Nuyorican downlow barber living in Brooklyn, embarks on an erotically charged odyssey of self-discovery. He falls in love with an average white boy from Ireland. For a Nuyorican Brooklyn, New York barber in a macho world, he faces a tough road ahead when his attraction develops for an average white guy.

As an Afro Nuyorican, I was turned off that the DL Boricua's love interest was an average white guy and not a hot Puerto Rican or Dominican guy in New York City. This is one of the best Latino (Puerto Rican) gay movies that focuses on a DL Nuyorican of Puerto Rican ancestry.

However, I came to like the white Irish gay character, Kevin. It's difficult being gay in the Puerto Rican, Dominican, or Cuban culture in the USA and on those islands. What I really enjoyed about this gay Puerto Rican movie, both male gay characters were masculine and not feminine the way the media tends to portray gay men in movies, and especially Hispanic and Black gay men. I am glad I came across this movie by accident surfing movies on Amazon Prime. Barrio Boy is now a part of my Amazon Prime movie purchased collection. I definitely would recommend this movie to any DL masculine Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Cuban men. It's an excellent movie to see and the actor, Dennis Garcia is nice eye candy to see.

Loved this beautiful film, which gave me a window into a corner of the NY LGBTQ+ experience I wasn't previously familiar with. Great storytelling, deeply authentic performances, and a clear love of New York made this film sing. In addition, I was deeply moved by the central storyline.

I think we are seeing trending LGBTQ+ stories currently that presume an ease with coming out. This has not been the experience of my community, and this film really spoke to a different connection to gay life in 2024.

We need more personal narratives brought to light in such thoughtful ways. Bravo! I've recommended it to multiple friends and family members.

Unlike some of the other reviewers, I hadn't been aware that this is a full-length version of a short film of the same name. It wouldn't have changed my mind. I enjoyed the film a great deal.

What people forget us that not every community even in supposedly liberal countries is able to be at ease with deviations from societal norms. Knuckle dragging some of the characters might be, but there was enough growth in the story leading to an implicit acknowledgement of being gay at the end. And no one freaked! That's the real kernel of the story.

The cast was attractive, even the thugs. The acting was more than competent. The film had no sense of having been padded out from a short version; it stood on its own.

I'd say watch it.