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  2. Straight Up: Directed by James Sweeney. With James Sweeney, Katie Findlay, Dana Drori, James Scully. Todd and Rory are intellectual soul mates. He might be gay. She might not care. A romantic-comedy drama with a twist; a love story without the thrill of copulation.

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    • Comedy, Romance
    • James Sweeney
    • 2020-04-17
  3. May 4, 2021 · The 2020 film "Straight Up" introduces us to Todd, played by James Sweeney, who also wrote, produced, and directed the movie. Todd is in his twenties and struggling with his sexual...

  4. Feb 28, 2020 · Sweeney plays Todd, who has been called gay since bullies taunted him in fourth grade. He has always bought into the idea that he must be gay because he is a bit delicate and very precise, including struggles with OCD compulsions about cleanliness.

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    • Do Rory and Todd Get Together?

    ‘Straight Up’ follows the story of two people trying to find a way out of their loneliness. Todd has failed to form any romantic connections and starts to wonder if he might be bisexual as opposed to his current status of homosexuality. Rory is a struggling actress who doesn’t have any friends. She leaves messages on the phone for her mother, who i...

    After an awkward Christmas party with Todd’s friends, Rory starts to question their arrangement of not having sex. Another failed audition makes her reconsider her life decisions and she decides to move back to Seattle. Todd doesn’t take it very well and goes back to therapy to find out where he might have gone wrong about himself and the exact nat...

    ‘Straight Up’ begins with Todd’s questions about his sexuality. Before the events of the film, he had considered himself gay, but now, he is starting to wonder if that was something that he had conditioned himself to believe without exploring other avenues. The need to get this label on himself manifests in the OCD of Todd which requires him to hav...

  5. Feb 27, 2020 · “Straight Up” tells the story of Todd (played by Sweeney), an insanely articulate Asian-American gay software coder, with shirts buttoned up to his Adam’s apple, who’s so quick and fussy and...

  6. Director Sweeney plays Todd, who has OCD and many, many phobias. Todd's friends know he's gay, Todd's therapist knows he's gay, and--I think--Todd knows he's gay. The problem is that Todd really doesn't want to be gay. He wants to be straight, especially after he meets Rory, portrayed by Katie Findlay.

  7. Feb 28, 2020 · The debut feature from James Sweeney (who also stars), the film is as precisely put together as its overthinking protagonist Todd, who uses his weekly therapy sessions to talk himself in...

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