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CAST & CREW
Jonathan Wade-Drahos, Andre Khabbazi, Kiersten Warren
Directed by Dirk Shafer
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SYNOPSIS
JOHN, a naive cop who after being "outed" in his small conservative hometown journeys to West Hollywood to experience an openly gay life-style. more...
MPAA RATING
Not Rated
RUNTIME
2 hours, 10 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Apr 26, 2002
Video: Dec 10, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
Sneak Preview Entertainment
GENRE
Dramas, Homosexuality, Los Angeles, California, Sex, AIDS (Disease), Gays, Homoeroticism, Filmmakers
OFFICIAL SITE
• The Official Circuit Site
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TIDBITS
SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "Mostly, Shafer and co-writer Gregory Hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint, or a sense of humor."
-- Chuck Wilson, L.A. WEEKLY
"Once again, the intelligence of gay audiences has been grossly underestimated, and a meaty plot and well-developed characters have been sacrificed for skin and flash that barely fizzle."
-- Bill Picture, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
"It's a thin notion, repetitively stretched out to feature length, awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects, droning house music and flat, flat dialogue."
-- David Noh, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"...what a banal bore the preachy Circuit turns out to be"
-- John A. Nesbit, CULTUREDOSE.NET
"Coupling disgracefully written dialogue with flailing bodily movements that substitute for acting, Circuit is the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story."
-- Rachel Gordon, FILMCRITIC.COM
"The film is really closer to porn than a serious critique of what's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture."
-- Ken Fox, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE
 "What's most memorable about Circuit is that it's shot on digital video, whose tiny camera enables Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb."
-- David Ehrenstein, NEW TIMES
"A clichéd and shallow cautionary tale about the hard-partying lives of gay men."
-- Rod Armstrong, REEL.COM
-- Click to read the article.
-- David N. Butterworth, MOVIE BOEUF
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ROTTEN 38%
Avg. Rating: 5/10 |
"A solid, more polished follow-up to Shafer's 1996 autobiographical mockumentary Man of the Year."
-- Kevin Thomas, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"A sudsy cautionary tale."
-- Jane Sumner, DALLAS MORNING NEWS
"There is a real subject here, and it is handled with intelligence and care."
-- A.O. Scott, NEW YORK TIMES
"Like Showgirls and Glitter, the most entertaining moments here are unintentional."
-- Christopher Muther, BOSTON GLOBE
"Shafer's feature doesn't offer much in terms of plot or acting."
-- V.A. Musetto, NEW YORK POST
"Like most movies about the pitfalls of bad behavior ... Circuit gets drawn into the party."
-- John Monaghan, DETROIT FREE PRESS
"Succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subculture."
-- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"It's too soap opera-ish to carry the heavy weight of the morality play Shafer has fashioned."
-- CHICAGO TRIBUNE
-- Click to read the article.
-- HOUSTON CHRONICLE
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* In fairness to critics whose last name begins with a letter at the end of the alphabet, certain pages are sorted in reverse order, z-a.
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