Thursday, June 27, 2024, 6:00 PM, Vogue Theatre
also screens in person with MASC4MASC 👏
not available in the Digital Screening Room streaming encore
⚠️Content advisory: contains scenes suggesting sexual activity just out of frame (nothing explicit or graphic)
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| Riley |
Dakota Riley (Jake Holley) is a high-school football star, already eyeing playing college football next year. His father, a pro football player whose career was ended by an injury, is the head coach at the high school, and clearly expects his son to pick up his legacy, leaving little space to talk about anything else in Dakota’s life. His mother is a devout Christian, so he doesn’t want to risk talking to her about something that doesn’t fit in with God’s plan for his life. He begins dating his best friend (a girl), but he finds it more and more difficult to deny that he has … other feelings. The fact that he has two friends in school who are openly queer doesn’t quell the turmoil.
As I’ve said in this blog before, I’m not much of a fan of sportsball, especially high school foo-ball 🏈. However, the scenes of actual foo-ball are mostly incidental to the story, which is more about Riley’s rough road to understanding and accepting what he wants in life. Holley is a little old to be playing high school, but he makes up for that by showing in Dakota’s face the tangle of emotions broiling beneath the surface. It’s well done, definitely a MUST SEE if you like football, highly recommended for anyone else.
Jaeden, one of the supporting characters, is played by Colin McCalla, who was in The Dick Appointment (Fun in Boys Shorts 2020, Frameline44), available on YouTube to Dekkoo subscribers. Unfortunately, the pandemic threw off my rhythm that year, so I didn’t post any reviews. Amusing side note: Riley’s girlfriend Skylar is played by Riley Quinn Scott, so there are Rileys all over the place.
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