The Eating Out Trilogy

Three films will be discussed in this posting. Three films, I will add, of which I was somewhat skeptical. After all it would not be the first time that someone produced a series of three really bad movies that were liked by a lot of viewers. Look at The Matrix. However, it is not the case here. Though these are not the greatest films I have ever seen, they are delightfully humorous, low budget films that will surprise you with their delivery.

In Eating Out (2004), Tiffani, Gwen, Marc, Kyle, and Caleb adventure on a comedy of errors when Kyle concocts a scheme to help his straight roommate, Caleb, get closer to Gwen, a hypersexual control freak who is seriously turned on by gay men. In order to do so, Caleb must pretend he is gay, and interested in Gwen's ex-boyfriend, Marc. In the end, Caleb gets Gwen, Kyle gets Marc, and Tiffani gets off.

The humor continues in Eating Out 2; Sloppy Seconds (2006) when a hot nude model named Troy enters the mix. After a quarrel, Marc and Kyle break up, and it's a race for Troy in order to make each other jealous. The depravity continues to unfold when Kyle and Troy attend a support group for young homosexuals who wish to become straight. After a series of looney debacles, Troy dispels the myth that there is no such thing as a bisexual when he and Tiffani get there jollies on. Marc and Kyle are reunited and Gwen decides to do the lesbian thing.

Eating Out 3; All You Can Eat (2009)probably had the highest budget of all three films. Oddly enough, it was my least favorite, though there are some great one liners in this film. After Marc and Kyle die in an oral sex/automobile accident, Tiffani is the only remaining member of the original cast. Fresh meat, Casey, is introduced to Zack at the Larry Kramer LGBT Center and it is yet another twist on the humor from the first two films. A nice addition to this film is Ryan, Tiffani's stripper friend, who has a scrumptious sex scene with Casey and Zack while Tiffani slaps the roast beef as she watches from an outside window.

Along with some hilarious jokes and funny situational comedy, these films have a few other treats. DICK! There is a good bit of full frontal male nudity, and some hot sex, although the angles and shots walk a fine line between implication and pornography. Also, for those of you who remember Penny Pengleton from the original movie Hairspray, Mink Stole makes appearances in the second and third movies as Helen, Kyle's mother. There are connecting elements that occur in all three films, like each one beginning with a sexual fantasy scene. They also raise the question, "Who needs friends that won't fuck friends?" These films are each around 80 minutes in length, which makes them good for a rainy day marathon.

Happy Endings,

Matthew