'Ethan Green': The film, like his social life, is unfabulous
by Michael Barnes

"The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green" is, sad to say, mostly unfabulous. Eric Orner's alternative comic strip about a lovelorn gay man and his menagerie of friends and lovers has tickled readers, gay and straight, for decades now. What makes the strip so appetizing — Orner's brittle wit, his slightly fantasized treatment of his subjects — does not translate gracefully to the screen. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
Based on an underground comic strip, this gay romatic comedy follows the story of Ethan Green, a 26-year-old "professional assistant" looking for love in all the wrong places.

FILM FACTS ...
Regent Releasing
'The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green'

Director: George Bamber
Starring: Daniel Letterle, Dave Monahan, Diego Serrano, Dean Shelton, Shanola Hampton
Run time: 88 minutes
Release date: June 16, 2006
Rating: R for sexual content and language.

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