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‘Geography Club,’ movie on coming out, highly recommended by MTRCB
Edmund Entin, Brent Hartinger, Cameron Deane Stewart, and Gary Entin
Based on Brent Hartinger’s acclaimed, best-selling young adult novel, “Geography Club” is a fast, fresh coming-of-age movie that tells a real and powerful story unfolding in every high school around the country – a story of kids hiding their true identities in plain sight, even as they feverishly pursue their hearts’ desires.
The MTRCB, local (Phils.’) censors board gave it a PG rating (viewers below 13 years of age must be accompanied by a parent or supervising adult) and highly commends the movie as “Sweet and sensitive coming out, coming of age movie based on the first novel of the young adult series/play of the same name. Nuanced direction and performances make this a must-see and highly recommended.”
The movie introduces us to a group of high school students who could go from popular to respectable or respectable to popular but can’t go anywhere from outcast. This is what Goodkind High’s Geography Club is for. This secret society – with a name so nerdy it keeps the curious away – is actually a covert classroom refuge where a group of outcasts are about to navigate the clique-mined social terrain of the American high-school...and the not-so-straight-forward map to fitting in, coming out, first loves, and last hopes for making it through a teen world that is trickier to maneuver than ever.
Alex Newell, Nikki Blonsky, Cameron Deane Stewart, and Ally Maki
Russell Middlebrook (played by Cameron Deane Stewart) has since been looking for something but can’t quite figure it out. Russell is the everyman. With his boyish good looks, and affable personality, Russell has an easy time staying under the radar while he struggles to find his sexual identity, and the chucky Gunnar (Andrew Caldwell), his best friend faces the historic teenage challenge of finding a girlfriend and losing his V card.
When Russell gets involved with another closeted student, his life begins to take a new direction. This hormonally charged search to find himself is the driving force behind a supposedly official after-school club unlike any other. The sign on the door might say Geography Club, but its members are actually exploring the perilous, and sometimes hilarious, landscape where sexual identity, sexual attraction, peer pressure, parent problems and the awkwardness of Health Class all converge in a head-spinning maze.
Cameron Deane Stewart, Meaghan Martin, and Justin Deely
Entertainment Tonight hails “Geography Club” saying that, “Every year sees the release of one film so culturally important it should be required viewing. This year, that film is Geography Club.”
“Geography Club” opens on February 5 in cinemas from CrystalSky Multimedia. Follow and like the movie’s Facebook page to view the trailers.
Press release and photos from CrystalSky Multimedia
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