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Luster

What Makes You Shine?

2002 · 1h 30m · UNRATED Comedy, Drama
Directed by Everett Lewis

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Overview

An irreverent and refreshing take on the queer world of sex, lust and unrequited love. Lanky, blue haired Jackson, record store employee and poet, is in love with most of the men in his life! A refreshing departure from the typical gay love story, LUSTER is a raw and darkly comic look at young punks in love.

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Fresh

Lively, from-the-heart script ... and terrific, natural performances that, like the film itself, are cumulatively affecting.

Hazel-Dawn Dumpert, L.A. Weekly
Fresh

Luster has a charming, skittish quality, and Lewis finds pathos and humor in his characters' often painful search for love.

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Rotten

Surprisingly bland considering the outrageousness of many of the situations.

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten

If Mr. Lewis intends Luster as a gay romantic fantasy, the fantasy is entirely one-sided.

Dave Kehr, New York Times

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