All The Others Were Practice (U.S. 2015)

The Gist:

Jorge, pronounced George, coasts through life, work, and romance; living, working, and dating.

Comments with a big spoiler that isn't much of a spoiler:

We have a movie where not everyone is white, nor gay, nor male, with a non-traditional gay lead, i.e., he's neither white nor thin. More so, when focusing on his love life, his dating problems are the standard "dating is hard" issues that you'd expect from any romcom, not the "no one will date me because I'm fat!" storyline usually used when the protagonist isn't a skinny twink. 

All a good start. Unfortunately it is immediately is hobbled by the difficulty making an interesting story about aimless people living somewhat boring lives. Jorge is described as a commitment-phobe, except he doesn't seem actively afraid of relationships, just passively "meh." The same attitude he has about everything in his life, which does not make him the most engaging of characters.  

On top of that there is a similar problem in that the secondary characters are pretty much all aggravatingly boring.

There's also an issue with the conclusion of the story, in that there isn't one. Not really anyway. This counts as spoiler, but given the setup of a dude having a string of dates and hook ups that don't lead anywhere, and also considering the movie's title, you'd expect the movie to end with him learning a lesson and being ready to build a life with his new (final) boyfriend. 

This doesn't happen. Not really anyway. The pieces are there and put into place, but there's no real reason to believe Jorge's learned anything at all, or that final dude will not just be yet another man who will come and go from his life with no impact or lasting effect. 

This list of negatives makes it sound like I hated the movie. I didn't. I actually liked it. It's not terrible, it's just... not very interesting. 

Women: 
Yes

People of color: 
Yes

Gratuitous nudity: 
No

• Director: Brian Tolle
• Writer: Brian Tolle, John Hancuff
• Actors: Charlie Ballard, Kimberly MacLean, Bennie Bell
• 88 min
• IMDB