Review of Luster (2002) by Alyssa N — 27 Apr 2008

This movie focuses on the tangled web of relationships between a handful of characters, most of them gay. The director effectively captures a melancholy, "punk" atmosphere in the style of Dennis Cooper that makes this movie a nice contrast to the campier, happy-go-lucky gay drama-comedies I've seen.

But that doesn't quite excuse the poor acting and threadbare characters who fall in and out of "love" for inexplicable reasons. It's still a very interesting plot, just without much else to back it up.