A distressingly large number of first-time American indie films focus on coming-of-age stories. In cases where the director is gay, there’s a good chance said that first feature will be a coming-of…
’s deliciously uncomfortable debut features a lot of the usual ingredients: a misfit teenage protagonist, a transformative couple days , a series of embarrassing but life-altering experiences. But I hadn’t seen anyone like his main character at the center of a movie before and loved how awkwardly this kid navigates trying to figure himself out.
“Big Boys” got its start playing LGBT and queer-friendly festivals, like London’s BFI Flare, Provincetown, Frameline and, but given the right exposure, it’s positioned to cross over in a big way. That’s because, however specific Jamie’s predilection, there’s something universal in his crisis. The gay community has a word for the category of guys that Jamie’s into: “bears.”
Jamie is a “big boy” himself, nearly twice the size of older brother Will . The kid is clumsy and uncomfortable in his own body, like a puppy that grew up too fast and hasn’t adapted to its new size. There’s a purity to Jamie’s personality, which comes through in his excitement for drawing and cooking, and his overwhelming hunger for Dan’s approval. Jamie has no clue how someone like him could ever become — much less get to be with — the manly men he admires.
Considering the dozens of movies in which teen boys obsess about losing their virginity, there’s something truly special about the scene where Jamie tries to back out of “getting laid.” He pretends to be tipsy, but is so mindful of Erika’s self-esteem that he launches into a long spiel about how it’s “my fault that I’m so drunk.” Then he sneaks back and steals a raw hot dog from the cooler, as if trying to eat his feelings.
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