Mulligans (2008)
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By: Robert Bell
Mulligans is the kind of film that should appeal to all of the guys out there who have ever wanted to boff their best friends dad; which one can only assume is an enormous demographic. Tyler Davidson (Derek Baynham) has brought his best friend Chase (Charlie David) home to his family, Nathan, Stacey & Birdy Davidson (Dan Payne, Thea Gill & Grave Vukovic) for a vacation. Chase integrates himself well into Davidson family routines, getting along well with everyone and being supportive while Stacey voices concerns of her young daughter’s dalliances with genital exposure and inappropriate lesbian tendencies.
He also finds himself partaking in some work at the golf course with Tyler and attending some wild ‘n crazy keggers with Tyler’s summer girlfriend Bre (Amy Matysio) and her perpetually horny friend Christie (Nhi Do). Problems arise when Chase decides to tell Tyler that he’s a big Moe, which stirs feelings of man-on-man arousal in Tyler’s hunky father Nathan. It isn’t long before Chase and Nathan are secretly playing hide-the-sausage; which starts innocently enough, until Stacey catches them in the act. This somewhat dirty and unconventional plot may intrigue those curious about the perverse coupling, but the sloppy filmmaking, overacting and crappy writing are likely to stifle that intrigue within mere minutes.
Unnatural conversations along with peculiar plot transitions and character motivations are the main issues with Mulligans. With such a disjointed and stilted screenplay, it’s unsurprising that the actors often overact and misread scenes. Dan Payne manages to hold his character together with the most effect, showing inner-struggle and turmoil with his closeted married man character. On the other hand, Thea Gill gives an over-the-top stage performance that simply doesn’t work on film. The director really needed to step in with her and say “smaller Thea, smaller; you’re not in Stratford”. A mystery within Mulligans is how anyone thought Chase was straight in the first place.
The boy might as well have been wearing a pink baby-T with a rhinestone penis on it, while donning a Madonna tattoo just inches above his vagina. Some occasionally inspired cinematography and a penchant for visual montage show that director Chip Hale may have some talent, but David’s screenplay desperately needed some rewrites before production.Other sources:
Charlie David (“Dante’s Cove”) is taking the controls of his career as the star and writer of this gay update of The Graduate. Tyler (Derek Baynham) brings his college buddy Chase (Charlie David) home for the summer to hang out with his surprisingly hot dad, Nathan (Dan Payne), and mom, Stacey (Thea Gill, “Queer as Folk”). They have the picture-perfect, All-American life going on here in quaint Prospect Lake. The father-son duo golf with regularity, there’s always a family barbeque and the conversation is straight out of “Leave It to Beaver.” While Chase knows he’s gay, he has never come out to his friend, who tries in vain to set him up with girls. But when Chase comes out to his summer family, the cracks in the family dynamic start to show. Nathan looks with a lusty new eye to his son’s best friend, and when he and Chase are left alone for the night, their mutual passion bubbles to the surface, and clothes are quickly shed. The drama hits a peak as Tyler and Stacey return early and discover the shocking secret about this young dad. Can Nathan remain true to himself and keep his family together?
Sparkling dialogue, a fast pace and lots of screen time for the ridiculously gorgeous Charlie David keep this indie compelling throughout.
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