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Sugar (Canada)

By Golu
This film was a little unreal in my opinion. The context and the chemistry and everything seemed a little too convenient. I mean, i agree, that most times, stories are not meant to be real, but I feel there should be a believable path or execution to bring things together. Why would an 18 year old fall for a hustler is beyond my imagination. The film is not even that old. It came out in 2004. Its hard to go back and judge in the past but I doubt , even then I would have thought any better of it.

Cliff, lives a sheltered life with his very open-minded mother and 10-year old sister Cookie. Just when his boring 18th birthday celebration is bringing him down, his sister surprises him with Vodka and a joint and asks him to go to town and lose his virginity. Cliff finds himself among hustlers and takes liking for a guy named Butcher. Their attraction is mutual and he has a fun night but doesn’t have sex. That’s cos Butch sees sex only as something to do for money and not for emotional intimacy. Totally smitten by him, Cliff introduces Butch to his family and the mother asks him to be careful. Cookie and Butch also get along fine. Cliff slowly gets into world of drugs and hears stories about clients. When a client asks to watch and see a threesome, this is one, finally Butch takes CLiff’s virginity but in a most humiliating way, almost raping him. Cliff distances himself from Butch but latter re-appears in his life with desperate, drugged up calls asking for support. We all know how it will end for Butch in a coffin but lets hope life for Cliff will now take a better turn.

As I said before, what I don’t understand is why would an 18 year old randomly place himself in the world of hustlers and get a liking for them. Agreed, Butch is cute, but doesn’t Cliff see that he should not be getting the world of drugs etc. Sure, maybe he is open minded and wants to see a person beyond what they do, but somehow it seems very unlikely in a real world scenario. Maybe I live in a very protected world myself :) On the bright side, the guys have decent chemistry. They are both flawed and their eyes speak, especially Butch’s. You see Butch’s determination to satisfy his clients but his inability to love cliff, but hanging out and friendship is ok. We witness few scenes and get to know a few of Butch's clients, one of them even takes liking for Cliff but what was the purpose of all that beyond dragging the film. The rape was as abrupt as the beginning of love. Beyond this, I did like the mother’s character who was supportive of her son. I wish there were more parents like her.

A film about the strong feelings that develop between two guys and how one of them drags the other into the world of drugs and prostitution, but thankfully he saves himself. There are better movies out there with similar themes. (4/10)
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luigi43 said…
Unfortunately in the real life , was the young actor that plays Cliff to end " six feet under" due to an intoxication for ingestion of poisoned salad . To remember the sexy scene during breakfast .
February 5, 2018 at 2:24 AM
luigi43 said…
Yes , he was walking in a forest and picked-up and ate some poisonous vegetables .
February 6, 2018 at 3:07 AM
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