4th Man Out (2016)

This movie is about a guy coming out to his friends. The best part of it is how realistic it is portrayed. His friends may find it weird to some point (not that being gay is weird, but that the friend they knew for many years is) but they know that he is the same person and try to be there for him. This movie is a true friendship movie.Acting is really good. You can feel the true friendship chemistry between them and what they may be feeling. The anxiety of Adam, the confusion and wish to be a good friend from the rest. There are also fun moments, mainly from Adam's dating. The guy who pretended to be another one, the Scarface guy, the guy whom he scared away with farting. Then there is a neighbor who is worried about Adam's eternal damnation and gets a priest. It is a good movie. My only complaint is that there seemed to be no real plot story. But no matter what it was good light entertainment.

Director Andrew Nackman has transformed writer Aaron Danick's smart script into a film that deserves wide attention, especially at this time in our history when LGTB issues are finally being addressed. The film features some fine actors – among them the true star of the film handsome and talented Evan Todd who turns in a sensitively nuanced performance as the coming out gay 24 year old - as well as the supporting cast of the fine Parker Young, Chord Overstreet and Jon Gabrus.Yes, there are some stereotypes introduced as Adam (Evan Todd) faces the internet dating game that are a bit beyond comedy, but the cast itself treats the issues of coming out with style. The plot outline - A car mechanic in a small, working class town (? Albany, NY) comes out of the closet to his unsuspecting, blue-collar best friends. But it is not just the struggle Adam faces with his quartet of best friends (Parker Young as the most sensitive Chris, Chord Overstreet as the confused Nick, and Jon Gabrus as the group clown Ortu. It is the manner in which the friendships strengthen as Adam gains the courage to come out (a dance he must also perform for his family and outside acquaintances) that makes the film at once entertaining and funny but also (due to the sensitivity of Evan Todd's acting and relationship with Parker Young) very tender.The movie is a treat for all audiences, but the discovery we come away with is the impressive, talented, and hunky Evan Todd. Watch his career blossom. Highly recommended.

Few and far between are films that put gay characters in a sharp, naturalistic, authentic light. Its great production values portray the lead Adam in as flattering a way as first impressions can afford. The weaknesses of this film overcome its strengths by a mile. The usage of the line "I'm gay" seemed endless, running through the entirety of the film so that you are beaten over the head with it. The film feels like a rehearsal of the line. The character seems like he is trying to feel what it is to be gay as he repeats the line to himself and to others.We get some insight into how Adam's straight friends feel about it all and some insight into how Adam feels about them. Not much insight into anything else Adam feels besides largely concern for what his friends think. This is too simple.And for good reason. Every last other character including supporting cast falls very flat. At some later point or another a series of hard C- grade walking stereotypes from the 90's show the film for the embarrassing mess that it is. Narcissistic, one-note, crass, obsessive, perverse guys all there in name to date Adam.It is really silly. Take the production values and make something more interesting for everyone involved. A script should not have its apex center around a series of caricature dates between someone who is freshly out and token gay stereotypes.

I saw this as a pure dudes film, and I can't believe how much I like it, and how much I related to it. 4th Man Out is a true testament of what it means to have diversity in film.It's about stereotypical frat boy types who have a coming-of age moment when one of them reveals to the others he's gay. It's a story of true male friendship as the team adjust to a life changing moment from someone they knew all there life. It was funny. I feel like it was design to teach guys how to be a true friend to one another. It has all the jokes from a frat boy comedy.On the same level, it's romantic. I'm not into the romcoms yet this one was excellent, as Adam, the fart boy who comes out of the closet tries to find love, and his best friends attempt to help him. the movie was just so nicely done. It feels like the filmmakers had a personal connection with the story content and it breathes all over this film. Very impressive and worth checking out.