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      • Closet Monster is a unique, understated fable, buoyed by a strong performance from Connor Jessup.
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    The website's critics consensus reads, "Closet Monster is a unique, understated fable, buoyed by a strong performance from Connor Jessup." [ 13 ] The film also currently holds a weighted average score of 81 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 11 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".

  4. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › closet_monsterCloset Monster - Rotten Tomatoes

    Closet Monster is a unique, understated fable, buoyed by a strong performance from Connor Jessup. Read Critics Reviews

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    • Connor Jessup
    • Stephen Dunn
    • Drama, LGBTQ+

  5. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › closet-monster-2016Closet Monster movie review & film summary (2016) - Roger Ebert

    Closet Monster is most successful when it uses fable-like qualities to allow us to feel Oscar’s emotions viscerally rather than narratively.

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  7. www.filminquiry.com › closet-monster-2016-reviewCLOSET MONSTER: The Queer Film You Need To See

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    Closet Monster is different from the start. It poignantly opens with a loving exchange between a young Oscar (Jack Fulton) and his father (Aaron Abrams) going through their bedtime ritual. This opening is significant for several reasons, but it is primarily indicative of the sweet and playful nature of the relationship they share – ultimately addin...

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    The film then fluidly moves on to Oscar’s teenage years (exquisitely played by Connor Jessup) as he attends high school, gets a job at a hardware store (no doubt in a deliberate move by Dunnin relation to the metal object motif), and develops a crush on a coworker named Wilder. This forces him to confront his sexuality, though his struggle to accep...

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    Stephen Dunn’s Closet Monsteris a triumph of visceral honesty. It is a story that vulnerably explores the gravity of self-hatred, and further, of any internalized falsehoods we may carry with us. It is rare for a single film to make me laugh, cheer, and cry (even simultaneously at one point, though I implore you not to let that frightening image sw...

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  8. nationalpost.com › entertainment › moviesCloset Monster is a truly unique coming out story, not to ...

    Jul 15, 2016 · Director: Stephen Dunn. Writing Credit: Stephen Dunn. Cast: Connor Jessup, Aaron Abrams, Isabella Rossellini. Rated: 14A. Genre: Drama. Duration: 90 minutes. Synopsis: A creative and driven...

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    • 14A

  9. www.slantmagazine.com › film › closet-monsterReview: Closet Monster - Slant Magazine

    Sep 20, 2016 · Apart from some uninspired dialogue, especially in scenes featuring Oscar’s family, Closet Monster is a charming mix between a Gregg Araki fable where characters’ desires necessarily exceed categorization and a Xavier Dolan film minus the gratuitous visual hysteria.

  10. seventh-row.com › 23 › stephen-dunn-closet-monsterFilm Interview: Stephen Dunn talks Closet Monster - Seventh Row

    Sep 23, 2016 · When Closet Monster screened at Frameline, San Francisco’s LGBTQ Film Festival, I talked to Dunn about internalized homophobia, magical realism, and how he got us inside Oscar’s head. Seventh Row (7R): What made you want to make Closet Monster ?

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