SYNOPSIS: A touching comedy that tells the story of a very straight gay couple, Eric, an ex-NHL hockey player-turned-sportscaster and Sam, a lawyer, who end up with temporary custody of a recent orphaned Scot, an 11-year-old boy who turns out to be a total sissy.

EDITORIAL REVIEW:  This surprisingly humorous and well composed film has shades of acting brilliance - for the most part.  Besides the annoying run-on sentence that is called an official synopsis (above) and the total lack (and possibly 'fear') of just calling Scot's character gay, Breakfast with Scot is an enjoyable piece of Canadian filmmaking (rare, for a Canadian film) with a low-annoyance level that sometimes comes with movies that deal with youth homosexuality (how's that for a run-on sentence). Montreal native Noah Bernett plays Scot, the extremely effeminate boy who likes all things that are not boy (except for boys, of course) including make-up, frilly things, figure skating, charm bracelets and everything else that can be considered 'gay'.  Short of actually saying "I'm gay", Scot let's his personality shine by acting and doing things that aren't exactly considered macho.

Scot's mother recently died of a drug overdose so he's left in the care of child services - but only until Scot's mother's current ex-boyfriend, the uninterested-in-anything-but-himself-Billy, can be found so he can take care of Scot.  But, not having any idea where Billy is or how to even start looking for him, Child Services goes to the next family member on the list: Sam, Billy's brother.  Sam (played by New York native Ben Shenkman) is a successful sports lawyer, and his same-sex partner Eric (Thomas Cavanaugh - who played the dad in How to Eat Fried Worms), is an ex-pro hockey player tuned sportscaster.  Sam and Eric are the straightest-acting gay men to ever walk the planet (in fact, if they didn't keep mentioning in the movie that they were gay, you'd never know it because they don't show any affection for each other throughout the entire film)!  From the moment Scot steps through the front door, the men seem to know that Scot is obviously a flamer - or at least extremely gay acting - everything Sam and Eric aren't.  The two men are very much in the closet (in public), and although gay himself, Eric (who hates kids), tries to turn Scot "less gay".  Actually, Eric's fear is that Scot will turn real-gay - if he's not already - just by living with him and Sam.

Sound complex?  It is, but all brilliantly acted with some LOL moments.  Unlike The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros, Breakfast with Scot is more like a "real" movie with a better plot.  The ending is predictable and typical, but most English language coming of age movies are.

Kudos to young co-star Dylan Everett, who does a fantastic job in his supporting role as the butchy / potty-mouth Ryan Burlington, the "love interest" of Scot (sort of).

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STARRING: Noah Bernett, Dylan Everett, Thomas Cavanagh, Ben Shenkman.
AVAILABILITY: In stock! Ships within one business day.
LENGTH: 95 minutes.
LANGUAGE: English / French.
SPECIAL FEATURES: 2.35:1 (16:9 Widescreen); Dolby Digital 5.1 audio; 2.0 French dubbing; 1 disc; Uncut.
VIEWER DISCRETION: Sexual innuendo, coarse language, violence.
PICTURE QUALITY: Excellent picture quality. (what's this mean?)
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Canada (2007).
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DATE ADDED TO OUR LIBRARY:  November 14, 2008.
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