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The Fluffer

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The Fluffer (2001)

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Reviews Counted:44

Fresh:20

Rotten:24

Average Rating:5.2/10

Consensus: Though it begins promisingly enough, The Fluffer eventually descends into melodrama.

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: The Fluffer is a movie about obsession, submission, money, and sexuality. The story centers on Johnny Rebel ­ a porn star with a paradox. Although he is a hot-blooded heterosexual male, Johnny... The Fluffer is a movie about obsession, submission, money, and sexuality.

The story centers on Johnny Rebel ­ a porn star with a paradox. Although he is a hot-blooded heterosexual male, Johnny makes his living as a gay porno star. The reason: money.

Sean McGinnis is young, naïve, adventurous, and pure. Moving to L.A. to pursue a career in movies, he becomes diverted to working for Hollywood's illegitimate stepchild ­ the porno industry. The reason: Johnny Rebel.

Julie Disponzio, also known as Babylon, is the most fiery of the dancers at the strip club, Leggs. She and Johnny have been in a relationship for three years. She's hard as nails, willful and charismatic, and can play power games at Johnny's level, but ultimately she's at a disadvantage. The reason: She loves him.

Sean gets a job as a cameraman, hoping to be near his porn idol. The first day on the set, he strikes a curious connection and steps beyond the bounds of his job to become Rebel's fluffer.

While Sean fixates on the icon Johnny Rebel, Babylon deals with his day to day reality. Johnny just focuses on himself. The sex industry provides the setting for the triangle, Babylon navigating her prurient clients while Sean negotiates the inhabitants of the porno underworld. Both submit to, yet struggle with, the role of fluffer. Both cling ferociously to their self-respect as they go down on their knees. Both have to reckon with their deepest desires while engaging in a precarious balancing act.

Then, Johnny Rebel starts to implode... -- © 2001 First Run Features [More]

Starring: Michael Cunio, Deborah Harry, Mickey Cattrell, Guinevere Turner

Starring: Michael Cunio, Deborah Harry, Mickey Cattrell, Guinevere Turner, Roxanne Day

Director: Richard Glatzer, Wash West

Director: Richard Glatzer, Wash West
Screenwriter: Wash West
Producer: John Sylla, Victoria Robinson
Studio: First Run Features

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Reviews for The Fluffer

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06/24/06
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12/15/03
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06/20/02
Rich Cline
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Shadows on the Wall
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02/03/02
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Glatzer and West's entertaining film mixes comedy with a more serious, if slightly unconvincing, end message about infatuation.

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01/21/02
Jamie Russell
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BBC
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03/27/09
David Stratton
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Variety
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02/18/07
Jake Euker
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12/06/05
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07/31/05
Emanuel Levy
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02/24/04
Michael Szymanski
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12/29/02
Aileo Weinmann
Aileo Weinmann
Filmcritic.com

Funny and sensitive for all its faults, The Fluffer is nevertheless unlikely to break out of the gay cinema ghetto.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Bob Westal
Bob Westal
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Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
10/26/02
Kurt Dahlke
Kurt Dahlke
Apollo Guide

Saturated with deep, rich color and low-key visual wit, and graced with sympathetic performances.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
09/30/02
Ernest Hardy
Ernest Hardy
L.A. Weekly

Bills itself 'both a satiric look at the porn industry and a dark tale of obsession' -- proof that self-description is often self-delusion.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Today | comment Comment
08/27/02
Brent Simon
Brent Simon
Entertainment Today

The film never follows its own logic, but also never goes down the path you think it will

Full Review Source: Matinee Magazine | comment Comment
08/19/02
Jason Clark
Jason Clark
Matinee Magazine
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Full Review Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News | comment Comment
08/09/02
Robert Denerstein
Robert Denerstein
Denver Rocky Mountain News

...too much of the lives of the stars of “The Fluffer” and not enough of the examination of the porn business.

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07/01/02
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

"The Fluffer" starts with a bang, but can't quite sustain the expectations it raises.

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06/23/02
Laura Clifford
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