The Fluffer (2001)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Directors:

Richard Glatzer
Wash Westmoreland

Writer:

Wash Westmoreland (writer)

Release Date:

1 February 2002 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Love Is Hard

Plot:

The story, set in the world of adult entertainment, centers around three characters: Johnny Rebel, a...

Plot Keywords:

Stripper | Porn Star | Film In Film | Shower Scene | Sex Worker

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Scott Gurney	...	Mikey Racini (aka Johnny Rebel)
Michael Cunio	...	Sean McGinnis
Roxanne Day	...	Julie Desponsio (aka Babylon)
Taylor Negron	...	Tony Brooks
Richard Riehle	...	Sam Martins
Tim Bagley	...	Alan Dieser
Adina Porter	...	Silver
Ruben Madera	...	Hector Flores
Josh Holland	...	Brian
Mickey Cottrell	...	Aunty at Bar / Ralph Shifflett
Guinevere Turner	...	Video Store Clerk
Robert Walden	...	Herman Lasky (aka Chad Cox)
Deborah Harry	...	Marcella
Heather Shannon Ryan	...	L.A. Actress
David Pevsner	...	Casting Man

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, drug use and language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Australia:MA (TV rating) | Mexico:C | New Zealand:R18 | Germany:16 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Australia:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Fluff and Fold LLC

Trivia:

The Bowling Green, the artist who provided some of the music for this film, is better known as Micko Westmoreland, the brother of the writer/director of this film, Wash Westmoreland.

Quotes:

Silver: I've been watching you with him.
Sean: And?
Silver: There's nothing to tell you that you don't already know. A: he's a porn star, B: he's straight.
Sean: No he isn't.
Silver: Sean, just because someone does gay sex doesn't mean they're gay.
Sean: What does it mean then?
Silver: Absolutely nothing. You just go through with it. Women understand that from the get-go.
Sean: Well, he's different with me.
Silver: What, because of this fluffing thing?
Sean: Well, if he's so straight, then why does he need a boy to get him hard?
[...]

Movie Connections:

References Citizen Kane (1941)

Soundtrack:

Cherry Bomb

the writer needs "fluffing"

I just recently saw "the Fluffer" this weekend. I'd read many positive reviews of the film but came to gather a different feeling from watching it. Most movies with the words "coming of age story" on the back are usually hints that the lead character will go through many situations and we'll see them develope into their "new self" by the end. However, by the end of this movie i didn't feel like i knew anything more about the main character Sean. The movie starts off well, as we see Sean become more and more obsessed with gay-for-pay porn star Johnny Rebel, but somewhere in the near middle it begins to spiral into too many directions. I had a hard time figuring out who was the main character after a while, Johnny or Sean?

Writer Wash West(moreland), better known for adult titles, begins to lose track also. It's not a bad debut for an adult writer and those of us who have been through the same situation as Sean will see a good portrayal of how it feels to love someone who doesn't love you back. The main problem is that Sean is as ambiguous of a character as Rebel, and it soon seems that his whole problem is in him and not his situation with Johnny. If this film was about that, it would be great...but it's not. The character depth and film direction is lacking, just as how commonly it lacks in adult films,which is a kind of an ironic trait to the film.

Bottom line: performances are very good, the movie is entertaining but the writing lacks some direction. If it were an actual adult film, it would be the most dramatic one i've ever seen.