Review of Frisk (1996) by Brian Juergens for Freeze Dried Movies — 31 Mar 2005

Self-loathing has never looked so amateurish...

This review of Frisk (1996) was written by Brian Juergens and published by Freeze Dried Movies on 31 Mar 2005.

Frisk has generally received mixed reviews.

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Every so often, I come across one of those gay movies that makes me kind of stop and think about just how horrible life is…

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By Demir B (25) on 24 Jul 2007

I watched this with low expectations, since the amazing book by Dennis Cooper that this movie is based on is heavily psychological and therefore…

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By Dustin B (366) on 04 Feb 2008

Very disturbing but I would see it again. the sex scenes were good. and Parker Posey is in it, how about that…

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By Rick P (221) on 30 Apr 2008

Perhaps it's not entirely fair for me to review this movie since I walked out in disgust about halfway through and came back only for the last…

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By Stephen B (1,233) on 15 Aug 2008

I loved Dennis Cooper's book, I LOVE Parker Posey, Alexis Arquette and Craig Chester are cool too... but this movie didn't work…

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By James D (1,507) on 15 May 2008

I wrote the screenplay ;-) This was A LOT of fun to work on and if we'd had more say in it- it would have been an all-out slapstick gay murder…

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I didn't care for the book, which was suppose to be shocking. The movie was slightly more interesting, in a weird artsy way…

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Aiming to explore the extremities of racial and sexual fetishism in the gay world, Frisk exhibits a huge gap between its provocative intent…

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