Angora Ranch
Angora Ranch
| 01 January 2006 (USA)
Angora Ranch Trailers

Justin is an ad executive whose father sends him on his first solo run to a place in Texas. While driving to his appointment Justin swerves to avoid a rabbit in the road and his car gets stuck in a ditch that just happens to be in front of the home of Jack and his loony senile father. After Jack's previous life partner died, he planned never to love again. Will this change?

Reviews
Manthast

Absolutely amazing

... View More
Sameer Callahan

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

... View More
Marva-nova

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

... View More
Kayden

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

... View More
hjames-97822

Three stars for what should be one. I enjoy gay themed cinema. And I try to be generous with indie films. The strength and resources it takes to bring any indie film to any screen is an achievement. But this one is just...B-A-D.An advertising guy, his gay son, rabbits, an account presentation, rural gays met by accident and an old man straight out of George S. Kaufman. It's a silly, unfunny premise. Turned into a silly, hackneyed script with some of the worst dialog ever imagined.Then it's all directed poorly and the acting. Oh my God don't say you had to pay any of them. No better than a high school play. The actors playing the business people they are making an ad pitch to would have been better cast as domestics. Seriously. Save your time and your life.But, still, everyone showed up and they got the thing made. That deserves something.

... View More
carljoe

Good thing Tom chose the avenue he did, otherwise there would've been no Justin. After watching this movie, the only thing most viewers are asking them self is, "What's Justin up to these days?" We have a movie here for wishful thinking, gay old men, and old gay men, too. That's about all that needs to be said, but it can also be noted that most gays will see some irony regarding their own personal lives, at least somewhere in this movie. There are many movies containing gay themes, and with cast members, but it's that we have a gay themed movie here, where those gay cast members are actually gay, 'openly' even. I would be interest in watching other works done by this clever writer and cast. The movie was a pretty good endeavor, especially given the budget on the project. It was obviously a bit cheesy in places, but somewhat touching in others. As was stated, "...won't win an academy award", but if they keep at it, you never know where the next project might lead them.

... View More
foodaphile

What a relief to see a movie about real people. I'm sick of all these gay movies about porn stars or flaming queens. This story about a rancher whose father is delusional (does he have Alzheimer's? I couldn't quite figure that out) was a lot more realistic than anything else I've seen come out lately. No it wasn't a perfect movie--yes, it was probably shot pretty cheap. But I was willing to overlook that in order to enjoy the story. The end actually had me teary-eyed. I watched it again with a couple friends and we each saw different things in the movie and then talked about it the rest of the night--so I guess it was worth the cost. I'd show it to my father, but he wouldn't understand it because he's a lot like the older character. Glad I saw it--gave me some things to think about.

... View More
jt-164

First off, it seems that Tim Jones, the executive producer and a actor in this film, passed away in August of 2006. May he rest in peace, and thank you for having made the film. Critiques are fine, but I also want to point out that, regardless of constructive criticism, that these people made the film at ALL puts them a far sight ahead of most people. Congrats and cudos to the entire cast & crew! That said...This has some good potentials, but suffered from pace issues in several places. Pregnant pauses that should have been picked out by a decent editor made the film drag. The audience would certainly have preferred a shorter film that moved at more brisk a pace. Some of the dialogue is trite, some of it awkward, and too often the blocking looks as though it was made for stage. The best scenes are between the two leads when they forget to act and just have conversation, while they're getting to know each other.The filmmaker intended to have fun with it, and it does demonstrate a somewhat surreal whimsical feeling, but we could have had more constant reminders, whether via some mechanism, lense coloring, or something to remind us not to expect reality. Then the departures might not have been so taxing.Did I enjoy the DVD? Yes, despite the flaws (and myself) I did. But I wouldn't wittingly have parted with $27 for a copy, except to support the work.It's a good first draft. I'd have re-edited, re-shot some scenes... but that would mean remaking the film altogether in this case. The expenses were obviously minimal by Hollywood standards. With some fine-tuning and rewrites, maybe some more outside help, this could have been a much better movie.I applaud the effort. It's good to see gay independent filmmakers not falling back on cheap sex sells. Now to lose the clichés. To The Writer/Director: Paul, there ARE some homo men who don't have gay mannerisms. They may even be a substantial portion of the population. They're just inherently unseen. It might have been nice to show this as well, and set another example of tolerance in the process, as you did by this remarkable town you've created. Get ahold of me before you start your next production. I'd be glad to pitch in!

... View More