Has a verbal wit and tang to it, which set it quite above most gay film fare in literary terms.
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01/04/07
Bulgarian Lovers (2003)
56 %
Reviews Counted: 18 Fresh: 10 Rotten:8 Average Rating: 5.7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Synopsis: Daniel (Fernando Guillén Cuervo) is a middle-aged, gay man who comes from an established family and lives a charmed, middle-class existence. He is a "regular" of Madrid's gay bar scene sometimes hunting for good-looking, young foreigners. At one of these bars, he meets Kyril (Dritan Beba),... [More]
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: Fernando Guillen-Cuervo
Director: Eloy De La Iglesia
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07/21/05
Well acted, and its Faustian dynamic of mutual exploitation would be absorbing enough, but as Kyril draws Daniel into ever shadier situations, the film loses its tone and devolves into absurd political farce.
09/10/04
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08/08/04
Slightly better than some recent skin-deep gay- and lesbian-themed movies.
06/25/04
These Bulgarians might be nice to look at, but they have no depth - kind of like this movie. So I was entertained on the surface level, who needs depth anyway,
06/11/04
Shows that Mr. De la Iglesia's long absence hasn't dulled his sense of stylish, cinematic storytelling.
06/10/04
Garish, frenetic, but curiously dull...suffers from a serious case of the cutes, a disease that in this case proves fatal.
06/10/04
The screenplay contains enough witty elements to lift it above the average sex farce.
06/03/04
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Won't leave you disappointed, but it may leave you hungry for something more substantial.
06/01/04
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05/26/04
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De la Iglesia's years of filmmaking experience are obvious in the film's formal touches.
04/30/04
As Daniel is drawn deeper into Kyril's web of shady business dealings, the film completely loses its way.
04/30/04
Bulgarian Lovers observes the interplay of sex, power and money with a cool, amused attitude and a fine sense of social detail.
04/29/04
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Full of charm, entertaining enough as it unfolds, good looking, but not especially memorable in retrospect.
04/27/04
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