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The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green

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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.
 

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Runtime: 88 mins

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 like Kleenex, Ethan finally meets the holy grail of dream dates, Kyle Underhill, a gorgeous... "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]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Daniel Letterle, Meredith Baxter

Director: George Bamber

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Oct 10, 2006

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09/23/06
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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08/26/06
Dallas Morning News
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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.

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08/10/06
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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2/5

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

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08/06/06
Marrit Ingman
Austin Chronicle
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08/05/06
Jonathan W. Hickman
Entertainment Insiders
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2/4

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.

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08/04/06
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times
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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.

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08/03/06
Bill White
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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1.5/4

Tiresome romantic comedy that reinforces every imaginable gay stereotype.

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07/28/06
Connie Ogle
Miami Herald
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1/4

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.

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07/27/06
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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1/4

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

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07/27/06
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press
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2/4

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

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07/27/06
Laura Kelly
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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1.5/4

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

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07/21/06
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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2.5/4

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

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07/14/06
Bill Stamets
Chicago Sun-Times
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2/4

The film's tone veers from misjudged sincerity to shrill sketch comedy of the broadest stripe.

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07/13/06
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
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3/4

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.

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07/08/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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0/4

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

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06/30/06
David Elliott
San Diego Union-Tribune
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1/4

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

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06/30/06
Ruthe Stein
San Francisco Chronicle
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2.5/4

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.

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06/16/06
Ken Fox
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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2.5/4

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.

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06/16/06
Timothy Knight
Reel.com
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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.

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06/16/06
Stephen Williams
Newsday
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