SummaryThe story of a young man, Sonny (Franco), living in New Orleans and trained to follow the family tradition as a paid male prostitute for wealthy women.
Directed By:Nicolas Cage
Written By:John Carlen
Sonny
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
31
User score
Generally Favorable
6.1
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
31
22% Positive
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70
Besides "Midnight Cowboy" and "American Gigolo," there aren't many mainstream movies centered on straight male prostitutes. Sonny is a worthy, if indie-style, addition to the list.
63
While compellingly watchable, it's as overheated as Cage-the-actor's 1991 soft-core (and direct-to-video) "Zandalee," also set in New Orleans.
50
The day-to-day realities, especially economic, of Sonny and Jewel's lives could have been more fully detailed to good effect, and Cage might have also have risked setting off the tenderness of his storytelling with an edgier style. Even so, few films take the viewer by surprise with such emotional impact as Sonny.
40
It's just plain lurid when it isn't downright silly, and that "drunk cam," a blurred, cockeyed lens through which Sonny's soused point-of-view is shown, is just a terrible idea.
30
Emotionally incoherent.
25
Shows what can happen when a bunch of good actors get together without adult supervision. They emote all over the place, banging into each other, talking too loud, knocking over furniture, wallowing in clichés and otherwise behaving like rank amateurs.
20
Preposterous and tedious, Sonny is spiked with unintentional laughter that, unfortunately, occurs too infrequently to make the film even a guilty pleasure.
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Generally Favorable
6.1
43% Positive
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Oct 29, 2011
8
acting is very good, Franco especially. at times the performances are over-wrought but Franco delivers consistently, extending an almost Dean like vulnerability beneath the strength & self-protection. I found the plot & mood of the film much better than those posted critic reviews would lead you to believe; while some of the story may be predictable it is a compelling & believable portrayal of personal struggle(s) both internally and between the characters. really liked the film, in large part based on Franco's character & performance.
