Comments on: Sordid Lives

By: M. A. Newman

M. A. Newman — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:38:14 +0000

I don’t know where to start with how godawful this movie is! First there’s the “direction” or lack thereof. Then there’s the script, which just wasn’t funny, especially when compared to the riotous humor of “Greater Tuna” and it’s sequels, which poke fun at small-town Texas life without belittling EVERY SINGLE character! Oh, and then there’s the embarassing star turns from Beau Bridges, Delta Burke, Bonnie Bedilia, etc. Olivia Newton-John’s character was superfluous; she just seemed to show up to sing a song, then leave. The lesser known actors should look for another line of work because they were just too sad for words, esp. the psychiatrist and the prerequisite “young closeted actor.” The few standouts were Beth Grant who truly inhabited her character and Leslie Jordan who was much funnier in, well just about every other thing he’s ever done in his career. This movie is offensive to Texans, Southerners, gays, straights, the living and the dead. And it’s especially offensive to anyone who had to pay a dime to view it.
Do yourself a favor: find a copy of “Greater Tuna” or “Tuna Christmas” to see how truly hilarious small town Texas life can be where the writing, direction, and especially the acting are far superior than this Lone Star dud.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:56:51 +0000

I hate this movie and Olivia Newton-John needs to watch her language.

By: John C Strizak

John C Strizak — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:59:12 +0000

About halfway through this movie I was torn:
Push the STOP button on the remote.
OR
Hurl a brick into my television set.
Since I wasn’t in the mood to go out an buy a new television set, I chose to push Stop. This “movie” is SO incredibly BAD and UNWATCHABLE that I can’t even begin to dissect it. Just do yourself a favor and don’t waste even one second of your precious life on this excrementally horrid… thing. If someone gives it to you as a gift, just use the DVD as a drink coaster or pretty frisbee.

By: David Ostrowski

David Ostrowski — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:28:07 +0000

Hello, why do gay-themed films have to be so middle-of-the-road? I would give this film a 3-star rating, but seeing the overall rating it’s getting (4 1/2 stars) I’m giving it a 1 to bring down the average.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 09:29:58 +0000

Easily the worst flick ever made. I had to pull the disc out of the player during the graphic gay orgy scene. Olivia sings the B word and the S word. The acting and writing are so bad as to be bizzare. The best way to put it is this movie is like 400 pounds of poop stuffed into a 5 pound bag. It is really full of it.