Intense, gripping, stylish and poignant

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

How wonderful it is to see this fine actress carry a film and carry it so beautifully.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

As a gay 20-something, watching this film was one of the most eye-opening experiences I have ever had. I never quite understood the appeal of the circuit party scene. In some ways, I still don't. What is so fun about getting so trashed you have to be taken to the hospital on a stretcher? I always thought I was missing something - left out - by not experiencing this part of gay culture. However, this brief excursion into these boys' lives is enough experience I will ever need.The film is engaging throughout and excellently edited, keeping the film rolling faster than its lead subjects. As shallow and confused and lonely as most of these boys appear to be, they are incredibly interesting and fun to watch.My problem with documentaries is that frequently they use a lot of filler to make a longer film, but with the 62-minute run time of "When Boys Fly," it's just enough to set the scene, make a point, and leave the audience with a great high.

I found the documentary "When Boys Fly" a surprisingly engaging and fascinating, candid, shocking and sometimes sad peek through the looking glass to see what really goes on at "gay raves," aka circuit parties. The filmmakers Halpern & Rolov did a great job in revealing the world in which this segment of so-called "A-listers" live and party, and how some newcomers and White Party veterans are drawn into the circle of rave party life and its immediate results...good and bad. The quick editing makes for a fast-paced viewing and humor is where you might not always expect it in this honest and non- judgemental portrayal of this subculture within a subculture that I believe can be enjoyed by gay and straight, young-to-middle aged audiences alike.

A very powerful film of a peak into the Circuit Party World. I am a straight woman who did not even know what a circuit party was until seeing the film, so it did not pertain to my life directly, but I still found it extremely interesting. It is at once exhilarating and heart wrenching. I recommend it highly.

Rolov and Halpern have made a beautiful and powerful film with "When Boys Fly." I had never thought of the world of gay circuit parties as something I would find particularly intriguing, yet this film answered questions I didn't even know I had. A must see!