The Boy Next Door

2008
14m

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A closeted male travels and hires male prostitutes while away. Upon arrival, the hustler is nervous and uncomfortable and takes Valium to cope. The host suddenly gets a call and must leave; ... Read allA closeted male travels and hires male prostitutes while away. Upon arrival, the hustler is nervous and uncomfortable and takes Valium to cope. The host suddenly gets a call and must leave; he gives the hustler money and tells him to stay. After he leaves, the door of the adjoini... Read allA closeted male travels and hires male prostitutes while away. Upon arrival, the hustler is nervous and uncomfortable and takes Valium to cope. The host suddenly gets a call and must leave; he gives the hustler money and tells him to stay. After he leaves, the door of the adjoining room opens, revealing his son. The prostitute and son identify a commonality...the cycl... Read all

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Michael W Ellison

Mark
(as Michael Ellison)

Truman Chambers

Justin

Damon Preston

Mr. Brown

Director
- Gregor Schmidinger
Writer
- Gregor Schmidinger
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7preppy-3

Touching

Short about male escort Mark (Michael Ellison) who suffers from anxiety attacks. He goes to a clients hotel room...but runs out of his pills. His client has to leave for a while and Michael runs into his clients 10 year old son Justin (Truman Chambers) who believes there's a monster under his bed. Mark tries to get rid of the kid but then realizes that this might be what he needs.

Kind of vague but ultimately touching little short. The ending is a little too pat but it is a (sort of) uplifting one. The acting is great by Ellison and especially Chambers. The whole film takes place in a hotel room and the corridor outside which actually helps the film. An interesting little gay short.

Kirpianuscus

useful

one of films useful for the feeling after the last credits. a simple story. touching, almost a sentimental sketch, a sort of life lesson , giving a message who, if you do not ignore the last scene, could be too sentimental. but it remains a real useful film about solitude and about fears and about the perspective of a child about the universe of his father. so, a great film out of the ordinary meaning of "great". because the state of the viewer after the end of this short film is the only significant thing .

8LeaDork

Brutal

The filming and camera angles were mesmerizing and made this short film that bit more fascinating. The story is one that holds many morals and shows a choice someone can make. In this it regards a male prostitute turning down work because he knows there's a child near by.

It's a truly touching bit of film, and all the actors are perfect and have utter conviction, although the child in my mind should have been younger with his script seemingly immature. Yet this works, it brings it a brutal honesty.

It is compelling from the start, and all the action is filmed mainly in one room, and this brings to it a sense of the claustrophobia all the characters must be feeling about different aspects of their life.

It was truly very enjoyable, and well worth watching.