Claysaba
Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Breakinger
A Brilliant Conflict
Senteur
As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.
Allison Davies
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Kirpianuscus
The story is known. the end - not surprising. the performance of Ryan Prescott - too wooded . the chance of Frank Ryan to give more than a good sketch of James - not so significant. all scene has the virtue to remind other films with same subject. in essence - nothing bad. in fact - the lead weakness because Ryan Prescott gives not exactly an admirer, an ambitious young man, a gay fan or an actor. maybe not a stalker. unconvincing performance. and, sure, good intentions.
Theo Robertson
Mark is a struggling gay actor who can't get a break . His dream gig is working with high profile homosexual writer James and starts pursuing the writer in the hope of becoming famous A short film that is derivative as it is empty and one note GATECRASHER reminds you of THE KING OF COMEDY except it has gay sensibilities . It also reminds you of what a great film maker Martin Scorsese and what a great actor DeNiro was back in the day . At least the audience could sympathise with Rupert Pupkin in that film . Here however the character of Mark is entirely self centered and vacuous in his outlook lacking any blackly comical touch . " You're a gatecrasher " James tells him . No he's a stalker no matter how you want to dress it up . There's also a strong element of having to be both gay and involved in the entertainment industry to understand the points being made .I mean this writer James is a homosexual with a drink problem in the past neither of which makes him an outstanding target for press attention so why is he a big media figure being interviewed on the news ? In fact going back to the derivative nature of this short I'm reminded of an episode of I'M ALAN PARTRIDGE which used a very similar payoff at the end and that was the prior piece . And funny with it . GATECRASHER is merely irritating
