Rotten
It's...familiar plotting and by-the-numbers characterization that sinks this earnest, gay-contoured take on the evergreen making-it-big melodrama.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
Going Down in LA-LA Land
All he wanted was a little adulation
2011 · 1h 44m · UNRATED
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Casper Andreas
Overview
A fresh face comes to Hollywood to act in movies but only the gay porn studios are eager to provide him with work.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
63%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A young acting hopeful finds that things are tough in Tinseltown in this not exactly revelatory gay-themed drama.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
"Going Down" falls well short of compelling, either as a coming-of-age film, a satire or a romance.
Daniel M. Gold, New York Times
Fresh
A lo-fi feature blend of True West Hollywood Story and a gay fairy tale.
Michelle Orange, Village Voice
Fresh
A creditable if familiar portrait of one aspiring-actor newbie's disillusioning wade into the rough waters of Hollywood.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
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