Disappointing Divo (Movie Thoughts: Divos)

divoA bunch of show tune loving teenagers putting on a show? Seems right up my alley, no? But Lord help me, I despised Ryan Patrick Bartley’s ‘Divos!’ And I swear, I tried. The film centers mostly on Ricky Redmond (Matt Steele) who is a teenager obsessed with musical theater – he is a performer and has been playing the lead in his high school production for years. When Josh (Timothy Brunridge) enters the picture , he suddenly gets a rival for the lead in ‘How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying,’ the season’s musical. And yes we all know where this goes.  First of all, Steele as a high school student is more than a stretch, as he looks like he is in his 40s. And his character is so unlikable it is almost homophobic. And for a film about a musical, it has almost no music – were the rights too expensive? The whole production seemed amateurish, at best. I have to say above everything else, I was quite disappointed with this.

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