Fresh
Saturated with deep, rich color and low-key visual wit, and graced with sympathetic performances.
Ernest Hardy, L.A. Weekly
The Fluffer
Watch what you wish for.
2001 · 1h 35m · R
Drama
Directed by
Richard Glatzer
,
Wash Westmoreland
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The Fluffer
Overview
Self-effacing, boyish Sean moves to LA to pursue a career in movies but finds it tougher than he imagined. He stumbles onto porn star Johnny Rebel - a handsome, muscled dream of men and women alike - who awakens Sean’s deep obsession.
Director and cast
- Richard Glatzer Director
- Wash Westmoreland Director
- Scott Gurney as Mikey Racini (aka Johnny Rebel)
- Michael Cunio as Sean McGinnis
- Roxanne Day as Julie Desponsio (aka Babylon)
- Taylor Negron as Tony Brooks
- Debbie Harry as Marcella
- Penn Badgley as Young Sean
- Adina Porter as Silver
- Richard Riehle as Sam Martins
- Tim Bagley Cast
- Ruben Madera Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
49%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Those in search of a film about gay men disillusioned in Hollywood with a better script and more dramatic heft should rent Gods And Monsters or Thom Fitzgerald's Beefcake.
Susan Walker, Toronto Star
Fresh
More tasteful, sensitive and original than you might imagine.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Rotten
Glatzer and Wash try to explore the nature of obsession and the ambiguity of sexual categories in The Fluffer, but it's hard to give two hoots about any of these characters.
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
A witty, sad, informed view of obsession, submission and the sex industry.
Jane Sumner, Dallas Morning News
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