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The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green (2006)

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Reviews Counted:27

Fresh:6

Rotten:21

Average Rating:4.1/10

Consensus: Ethan Green makes for an annoying protagonist, the jokes aren't funny, and everyone is as flat as the paper the comic is printed on.

Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: "The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life Of Ethan Green" is the story of Ethan Green, an adorable 26 year-old professional 'assistant' looking for love in all the wrong places. After going through men... "The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life Of Ethan Green" is the story of Ethan Green, an adorable 26 year-old professional 'assistant' looking for love in all the wrong places. After going through men like Kleenex, Ethan finally meets the holy grail of dream dates, Kyle Underhill, a gorgeous professional baseball player who's just come out. After declaring that Kyle is in fact 'The One' to his skeptical friends and family that include his lesbian roommate Charlotte, his boring but reliable ex-boyfriend Leo, the irrepressible Hat Sisters, and his loving gay-wedding-planner mother, Ethan and Kyle begin a tumultuous four-month love affair. Disaster strikes when Ethan's former boyfriend, Leo, threatens to sell the house where Ethan lives. In an attempt to avoid being evicted from his home and jeopardize his new relationship with Kyle, Ethan concocts a wild scheme to keep his home from being sold. Enlisting the help of a 19 year old real estate agent's assistant named Punch, who possesses a romantic agenda of his own, Ethan soon manages to weave a madcap web of lies and deceit that lands him in EVERYONE'S dog house. Naturally, the scheme crashes and burns and Ethan is unable to prolong the sale of the house. In the film's climax, Ethan is forced to finally make a choice between the hunky Kyle, the impassioned Punch, or a life of endless speed dating. -- © Regent Releasing [More]

Starring: Daniel Letterle, Meredith Baxter

Starring: Daniel Letterle, Meredith Baxter

Director: George Bamber

Director: George Bamber
Studio: Regent Releasing

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Full Review Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution | comment Comment
09/23/06
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Full Review Source: Dallas Morning News | comment Comment
08/26/06
Dallas Morning News

The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green can't be accused of false advertising. This adaptation of the underground comic strip is mostly unfabulous.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
08/10/06
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post

There's just not enough real heart to go along with the cutesiness.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
08/06/06
Marrit Ingman
Marrit Ingman
Austin Chronicle
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Full Review Source: Entertainment Insiders | comment Comment
08/05/06
Jonathan W. Hickman
Jonathan W. Hickman
Entertainment Insiders

George Bamber's film is bouncy and agreeable but has a certain flatness to it; never making the case for its existence as a movie rather than a comic strip.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
08/04/06
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

The drawings of Eric Orner's comic strip on which the movie is based are more animated than the actors who fail to give any dimension to their characters.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
08/03/06
Bill White
Bill White
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Tiresome romantic comedy that reinforces every imaginable gay stereotype.

Full Review Source: Miami Herald | comment Comment
07/28/06
Connie Ogle
Connie Ogle
Miami Herald

There's no visual life to it, the humor is lazy and broad, and the players are as two-dimensional as their cartoon origins suggest.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
07/27/06
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune

With its unpleasant characters, inconsistent script and awkward acting, what's not to hate?

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
07/27/06
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

The title does its own summing up: mostly, it's unfab.

Full Review Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel | comment Comment
07/27/06
Laura Kelly
Laura Kelly
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

This feels like a school play that someone has dragged to film school and turned into a final project.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
07/21/06
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe

In his directing debut, David Vernon, formerly a first assistant and second assistant director, opts for the look of a cable TV pilot.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
07/14/06
Bill Stamets
Bill Stamets
Chicago Sun-Times
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The film's tone veers from misjudged sincerity to shrill sketch comedy of the broadest stripe.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
07/13/06
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune

No, he doesn't have anything terribly important, or even original to say, but he's funny, flighty and adorable, sort of like a gay Holly Golightly.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
07/08/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

'I'm 19, but I'm petulant' somehow sums it up.

Full Review Source: San Diego Union-Tribune | comment Comment
06/30/06
David Elliott
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune

With words streaming out of their mouths instead of into bubbles, Ethan and his gang of past, present and future lovers sound laughingly unbelievable.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
06/30/06
Ruthe Stein
Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle

Remarkably true to its source: It's none too deep and a tad cartoonish, but also fast-paced, filled with quotable one-liners and often very funny.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
06/16/06
Ken Fox
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide

This bright, fast-paced adaptation of Eric Orner's syndicated gay comic strip may not break any new cinematic ground, but its sharp, zingy wit and underlying sweetness deftly compensate for the occasional awkward patch or glaring narrative contrivance.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
06/16/06
Timothy Knight
Timothy Knight
Reel.com

There's so much ill-conceived fluff floating about the 'elusive true love' themes that by the finish, Ethan Green hasn't as much substance as a good Looney Tunes.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
06/16/06
Stephen Williams
Stephen Williams
Newsday
 
 
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