Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

la_montespan This film doesn't even deserve one star.The writing is horrendous, the plot is directionless and the story has been done and done much much better. Visually it's hideous.Basically it's the old case of "the original stuff wasn't good and the good stuff wasn't original" except there really wasn't anything good at all about this film.The character of Dorian must be one of the most painful protagonists ever. He's not endearingly weird or even dorkily cute, he's just hopeless and the brother isn't much better, he just has better social skills. There's no character arc at all. You just hope Dorian dies alone and his brother has a drug overdose. Maybe he did actually, I don't even remember.It's not comedy-drama because it's not funny and it's not a drama because it's laughable. Tragic tragic tragic and completely cringeworthy.

Ivy I was desperately looking for a movie to rent one day. Somehow I stumbled across Dorian Blues. On the cover, it said it would be a favorite of the Napoleon Dynamite crowd. That made me think that the movie was going to be a little ridiculous. To my surprise it was a very good movie. I liked it so much that I had to watch it over and over again. I thought it was a very, very funny movie. All my friends loved it. Even the guys loved it. That is definitely saying a lot! Michael McMillian was the perfect choice for that part. Steve Fletcher was great as the father. His character was so mean that it was hilarious. I would recommend that all comedy fans watch this movie at least once. Hopefully you'll love it too.

gradyharp Writer/director/producer Tennyson Bardwell is definitely a talent to watch. In his first venture into film, DORIAN BLUES, he has created an intelligent script with razor sharp dialogue, witty and acerbic and touching depending on the moment, and has cast his film with a fine groups of actors who obviously hold him in great respect, as the final product is a polished film that is always entertaining as well as informative. Few 'coming out' films flesh out the territory as succinctly and realistically as this.Dorian Lagatos (a fresh and talented Michael McMillian) is sour on the world that doesn't understand him. His family is the microscope on his world: a right wing radical father Tom (Charles Fletcher), a seemingly ditsy but subservient mother Maria (Mo Quigley), and a brother Nicky (another bright and hunky talent Lea Coco) who is everything Dorian isn't - a jock, a ladies' man, and a happy-go-lucky high schooler. Dorian has an 'epiphany': he discovers the reason he doesn't fit in is that he is gay! With his discovery he finds some solace from another edgy gay friend Spooky (Austin Basis) but still feels he must remain in the closet. Finally he confides in Nicky who surprisingly listens to him and accepts him - just so long as Dorian doesn't act out. Frustrated, Dorian leaves for New York for college while Nicky wins a sports scholarship to another college. In New York Dorian finds the gay life, feels 'normal' at last, falls in love, confronts rejection and the games people play, and then lives a despondent life until Nicky visits him: Nicky has lost his scholarship. The two brothers make the rounds of Dorian's milieu until they receive a phone call that their father has died. Returning home Dorian must still face his anger at his father, though dead, and it is this anger that his mother (far more sensitive than Dorian ever knew) confronts Dorian and the message of the movie is completed in a very realistic and understanding way. Life's philosophy is not wholly bound to one's sexual preferences.Michael McMillian and Lea Coco both give notice of being young gifted actors to watch. And the apparently 'film inexperienced' Charles Fletcher and Mo Quigley deliver radiant cameo roles. Indeed the entire supporting cast is excellent, perhaps due to the fact the Bardwell is a fine director! This is a gay coming out film that is intelligent, free of the usual visuals that distract the general audience, and one that has more healthy bits of psychology scattered throughout than many a feature film.Highly recommended. Grady Harp

leilapostgrad I loved this movie. Eighteen-year-old Dorian (played by the adorable 27 year-old Michael McMillian) reminds me of most of the guys I've been in love with in my life – brooding, artistic, cynical, and GAY. But more importantly, he's miserable. Dorian wants to come out of the closet, but it's virtually impossible when he lives in a small town, has no gay friends, his brother is the high school star football player, and his father is a judgmental neo-con. Dorian Blues may sound like a depressing drama, but it's actually a hilarious script! When Dorian tells his therapist that he's fallen in love with him, the therapist casually replies, "I love you, too." Dorian says, "No, not like that. Not like you love all of humanity, and I just happen to be one of them." When a kind and sympathetic stripper asks Dorian if he has any gifts, he quickly assures her, "No, not one… not unless you count melancholy, I've got a gift for that." I love this boy! I swear, all the good ones are either taken or gay.