Actuakers
One of my all time favorites.
Ortiz
Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Celia
A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
Staci Frederick
Blistering performances.
Lechuguilla
It's a whodunit wherein a serial killer stabs his victims on live web cam. The main character, Manny, is a youthful, budding artist who in his spare time watches a sleazy chat website. On one visit to the website he witnesses one of his friends being stabbed. A big part of the story is the relationship that develops between Manny and the Black cop who investigates. This subplot provides story continuity, as the investigation proceeds.Given that this film is very low budget, the weak production design and uneven sound quality are not surprising. The director does create some suspense by means of the atmospheric lighting. Acting is below average; but again, this is what one would expect for an independently produced low budget film.A legitimate complaint is the existence of so many plot holes in the script. How did the killer get easy access to the victim's living area without being observed? Why were neighbors not questioned? What about forensics? Is it realistic to think that after the first murder, the website would not be shut down?"Open Cam" is marginally worth watching, mostly as a technical study of low budget film-making, to see what works and what doesn't work. Yet, even with all the plot holes, I still found the whodunit puzzle engaging enough to hold my attention.
Paul Creeden
This is the worst gay film I have ever seen. And, as a member of the Stonewall generation, babes, I've seen 'em all. The most disturbing thing about this movie is its soft-core eye candy. The experience of watching this film mimicked one of those horrid chat room conversations with a hottie who turns out to be a vacant narcissist in an Adonis suit. If the acting hadn't been so abominable, this parallel universe to the real gay universe on line might have been amusing. If it had been a farce, it might have been amusing. If it had been populated with bad drag queens, it might have been amusing. It was none of these things. It was just a bad movie, badly written, badly acted, and badly designed. Amir Darvish was the only minor exception to the general lack of redeeming features of this opus. What a waste of pixels.
gnelso17
I went to go see this a year ago with a friend. All I'm going to say is that I walked out of it...I recognize that you can't go to smaller film festivals without realizing that these are movies made by independent filmmakers (and as such, sometimes less quality than desired.) but really? The movie was nothing more than the wet dream of a gay man trying to make a slasher flick depicting all of the more despicable aspects of homosexuality in society.On top of that, why is it that 9 out of any 10 "gay" movies stars a cracked out-looking asshole "top" twink as the one that everyone is in love with whereas generally another character has more to offer in the realm of both looks and personality!? The quality of the presentation was terrible to begin with. We watched the intro credits about 4 times (no exaggeration) due to technical issues; what makes it worse is that for the last 3 times we watched it (before I walked out) was in the middle of the movie when things were starting to really build up. I'm not submitting my feelings about the freezing of the movie here or there or it happening x amount of times.The music in the movie is dominated by that which you would hear at a club. While I could see it being fantastically utilized in a more light hearted movie that focused more on relationships, this was (supposed to be) a THRILLER. Heavy Techno works about as effectively as a sesame street song.The characters, while I will admit had their moments occasionally of acting like real people, were often stereotypes. Sex in the City? Please. Just because you gather a bunch of skanks in a trendy bar drinking martinis and cosmos does not make you Sex in the City. Most of the time I was grimacing out of embarrassment of anyone having had to act in these roles. Aside from that, often the roles of the main characters were nothing more than archetypes leading into what you knew would happen later. Case and point,an early fling turning into a pressured romance later.The story I don't feel fair to comment on as I walked out about forty five minutes into it. From what I saw, it looked like it might have had potential, however missed.Cinematography was definitely that of a beginner, but it worked in certain times better than others.I don't mind seeing someone else's hard work and supporting it if they're a beginner, but I have an issue with wasting time and 9.00 on going to see a movie that isn't ready to be shown to the public.It could have been a soft core porno.Don't waste your money.
Tass Mims
Wonderful! I Loved the soundtrack, great up and coming actors, and a refreshing new genre in the world of Gay-themed movies.It amazes me how such a great movie can be ruined by the incompetence of the people in charge of presenting it. I saw Opencam at the Lincoln Theatre, DC. Not only did the projectionist fail to play it on widescreen (cutting out a lot of the image and the opening credits), but obviously projected it darker than it was intended, and he was sleeping when his system crashed, leaving the audience staring at a snowy screen! eye ya Yay! I was impressed, however, by the audience in the theater.. they stayed on to finish out the movie. In the end, the 'sold-out' theater cheered and applauded validating Opencam's creativity and success. Looking forward to more of Robert Gaston's psycho gay thrillers. Thanx.