Geron (2013)

Geron: Directed by Bruce La Bruce. With Pier-Gabriel Lajoie, Walter Borden, Katie Boland, Yardly Kavanagh. A young man begins exploring his attraction to much much older men while working in a nursing home.

“Bruce LaBruce has a special fantasy. Here it is: a disarmingly beautiful 18-year old boy falls passionately in love with him NOT because he promises to put the kid in a movie but because heu0026#39;s old and ugly. BECAUSE heu0026#39;s old and ugly, not in spite of the fact that heu0026#39;s old and ugly.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNow, Iu0026#39;m neither young nor gorgeous myself, and I (and every other old gay man) may have a fantasy just like that tucked away inside of me. The difference is that I didnu0026#39;t make a move about mine. Despite what LaBruce thinks, watching an old manu0026#39;s erotic fantasy acted out on screen is not entertaining to other people.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOn top of that basic flaw, this movieu0026#39;s screenplay is very, very, very stupid. As a comedy itu0026#39;s never funny; as a romance itu0026#39;s completely absurd; and as an erotic fantasy itu0026#39;s just embarrassing. The basic story, of a young man falling in love with a much older man, could be made into a really wonderful movie, but not in Bruce LaBruceu0026#39;s talentless, narcissistic ham fists.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003ePier-Gabriel Lajoie is breathtakingly beautiful, but he canu0026#39;t act. Looking at him, with the sound off, and skipping every single scene in which he does not appear alone, is all that could make this turkey watchable. That movie would be about five minutes long.”