HOLDING TREVOR

Directed By Rosser Goodman

Review By Joseph Krimple and Shane Morton

Brent Gorski’s well written story of Trevor (played by Gorski), a handsome young man who is currently coasting through his life in LA where he works as a telemarketer, dates a drug addict and lives with his two best friends who speak to one another with such venom you often wonder if they really are friends. But at the emergency room while waiting to see if his boyfriend has pulled through yet another near fatal overdose, Trevor meets Ephram, a stunningly handsome young intern whose earnest pursuit could be just the thing to break Trevor out of his boring existence.

The film also stars the irrepressibly cute Jay Brannan (Shortbus) as Trevor’s best friend Jake. According to Gorski, Brannan added a lot to the unpretentious dialogue of the film with his ad-libbing and witty one-liners. Brannan’s acoustic performance of his song “Lower My Gun” affirmed my eternal devotion to the folk pop prince.

Director Rosser Goodman, Gorski and several other members of the cast and crew took part in a Q&A session afterwards, where Gorski stated the film was not autobiographical. He wanted to write a movie that doesn’t wrap itself up with a pretty bow in the end and portrays a character that needs to find himself first before he can do anything else.

This film has made the festival circuit a lot.  And well deserved.  Rosser Goodman has an amazing eye and brings out the best in all of the actors.  What follows is a thesis in living in denial.  These characters are surely to touch a nerve with everyone.  As we are them. We know them.  And we hope to grow like them.  This film has a limited release and should have gotten a bigger art house release than it did.  Please go support this film if it is playing in your area.  It is well directed, fantastically and realistically written and the performances are top notch.