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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70L.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmL.A. WeeklyPaul MalcolmThere’s a lot to like in writer-director Ray Yeung’s low-key romantic comedy, once you get past its overly enunciated identity issues, which were, according to Yeung, the film’s raison d’être.
- 70Film ThreatPhil HallFilm ThreatPhil HallSomething of a surprise: a gay-oriented feature that is genuinely touching and sincere.
- 50VarietyVarietyNo amount of Botox or false eyelashes can rejuvenate helmer Ray Yeung's Cut Sleeve Boys, which recycles way too many gay cliches.
- 50TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxThere's nothing particularly original about art-director-turned-filmmaker Ray Yeung's good-natured look at a pair of aging gay men in London, other than the fact that these men happen to be of Chinese descent. Beyond that, it's pretty much gay business as usual.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleBetter than its promotional description: "A stir-fried journey of self-discovery" - but not by much.
- The bones of something more interesting are there -- how people come to mentally and emotionally define themselves and the ways in which they often need to realign those beliefs -- but Yeung can never reconcile his impulses toward humor and human conflict, so things tend to sputter about, feeling disconnected and episodic.
- 38Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneDespite original touches, Cut Sleeve Boys is mostly a mediocre gay-themed movie plagued by tired humor and slapdash filmmaking.
- 30Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumUnfortunately the movie's more interesting and challenging social aspects, which imply more than one "British-Chinese gay experience," are often overtaken by its smarminess--including an aggressively banal score and the way some actors have apparently been encouraged to overwork their eyebrows.