I admit that when I first heard of "Tiger Orange" I wanted to see if. I love the concept of it, was something never explored before so it was a good start. It's budget was a tad under $100.000 so getting decent actor's was perhaps not in the budget they had. The story is well written and the script is tight which is good. The acting was a bit off by a couple of the actors.
Mark Strano who played (Chet) I thought was too stiff and unconvincing. Though he is the writer of the story I can say his acting is very shallow. Frankie Valenti who played (Todd) was impressive, a former gay porn star who's known as (Johnny Hazzard). Then there is Vincent Duvall who played the father a seasoned TV actor. Together they play a family living in a small homophobic town.
Chet and Todd are estranged brothers who reconnect after the recent passing of their father. Chet who is more grounded, responsible, laid back and straight acting runs his father's hardware store and lives in the house he shared with his dad. The town excepts him as he is as he doesn't rib it in there faces just goes about his business. Todd who left home for L.A. takes full advantage of the gay scene and all it has to offer. He's a partier who has several sexual encounter (a gay whore) who's unemployed and broke. He goes home and he and his brother soon struggle to reconnect.
Some of the issues I had was what happened to the mother, was Todd kicked out of the house or leave voluntarily, what illness was it that would claim their fathers life and finally how in a homophobic town are there so many gay guys that are open. With all that the story leaves the plot holes for one to figure it out themselves. Yet the story was still strong enough to gain and keep your attention throughout.
I will add this to my collection soon as I'm a sucker for a good drama and this movie is nothing short on that. It still managed to get the point across and provide a good movie. Keeping the budget in mind this movie definitely does not come off as a cheaply made movie. I do say that a bigger budget on this movie would do it justice with of course bigger names in it. Still I recommend this small gem for it's entertaining value of it. It also doesn't sale itself for something it's not. I'll say I was impressed with the quality of this movie and I think the standout performance by Frankie Valenti/Johnny Hazzard. He proved to me that he can carry a movie and carry his own weight I hope to see him in other movies to see a more in-depth look at his acting chops.
Mark Strano who played (Chet) I thought was too stiff and unconvincing. Though he is the writer of the story I can say his acting is very shallow. Frankie Valenti who played (Todd) was impressive, a former gay porn star who's known as (Johnny Hazzard). Then there is Vincent Duvall who played the father a seasoned TV actor. Together they play a family living in a small homophobic town.
Chet and Todd are estranged brothers who reconnect after the recent passing of their father. Chet who is more grounded, responsible, laid back and straight acting runs his father's hardware store and lives in the house he shared with his dad. The town excepts him as he is as he doesn't rib it in there faces just goes about his business. Todd who left home for L.A. takes full advantage of the gay scene and all it has to offer. He's a partier who has several sexual encounter (a gay whore) who's unemployed and broke. He goes home and he and his brother soon struggle to reconnect.
Some of the issues I had was what happened to the mother, was Todd kicked out of the house or leave voluntarily, what illness was it that would claim their fathers life and finally how in a homophobic town are there so many gay guys that are open. With all that the story leaves the plot holes for one to figure it out themselves. Yet the story was still strong enough to gain and keep your attention throughout.
I will add this to my collection soon as I'm a sucker for a good drama and this movie is nothing short on that. It still managed to get the point across and provide a good movie. Keeping the budget in mind this movie definitely does not come off as a cheaply made movie. I do say that a bigger budget on this movie would do it justice with of course bigger names in it. Still I recommend this small gem for it's entertaining value of it. It also doesn't sale itself for something it's not. I'll say I was impressed with the quality of this movie and I think the standout performance by Frankie Valenti/Johnny Hazzard. He proved to me that he can carry a movie and carry his own weight I hope to see him in other movies to see a more in-depth look at his acting chops.