This Movie Can Only Be Described With One Word.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

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.

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.

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.

I truly believe this movie brings gay cinema to a new level. It moves the genre away from the same "coming out/coming of age" and HIV/AIDS story lines that have defined gay movies since their inception and takes viewers into the realm of gay men living their lives just like everyone else (to the extent they can when a serial killer is one the loose!).We all know coming out is hard and it plays a central role in gay men's lives. And HIV/AIDS has defined a generation of gay men since the 80s. But coming out is a brief moment in the lives of gay men and HIV/AIDS has become everyone's problem not just gay men.What about falling in love, getting married (that's legal in MA now, ya know!), having children, getting chased around by obsessive serial killers, and growing old? This movie boldly does just that. It makes no excuses about the choices people have made in their lives. It accepts them and moves on with the story at hand - killing people!