4th Man Out (2016)

I love this movie so much

Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

It's unfortunate that a film that could have been so good fell victim to all the boring stereotypes. When a young dudebro comes out to his friends, he is met with mild (yet expected) homophobia that turns to understanding, love, and acceptance. However, while we go on that ride of friendship, we are subject to so many unfortunate tropes and stereotypes that make the movie...annoying at best. Not enjoyable at worst.While the film's strength lies in its portrayal of friendship, it suffers immensely in how the romantic relationships (both heterosexual and homosexual) are written. It's redeeming quality is the fact that the actors are enjoyable to watch, even when acting out eye rolling scenes that have been seen a million times before in LGBT films.

Here we go again. The overriding question for anyone straight watching this film is why the hell is this guy gay? Why so much angst to get the audience to accept this hunk of beefcake for only other men? Sure, he is a mechanic and loves sports and all - a real guy - but .....You have the posse who are all macho bluster but hey, lets' show our bud how much we care so let's go to a gay bar and have an absolute balll!!!!! Lets hook up to gay dating sites and get our pal a man!!!!! Lets get drunk and almost make out!!!!! Lets APOLOGIZE and then kiss just to see if we both like each other or not!!!! Hey, who knows, we might ALL be gay!!!!! Worth a shot.....Meanwhile, this, and all the spate of films like it, continue to illustrate that homosexuality is a problem for all involved. And seriously, this guy is supposed to be 24? In this day and age? And still act so innocent? And the whole religion thing which was kind of laughed off - as usual. Complete with priest.I suppose the worst part of this little slice of propaganda is that this is the kind of guy who we are to imagine "marries" the Prius guy and they have a couple of "kids" so that grandma can be happy and the kid will have lots and lots of uncle role models. Yippee. Hmm, I wonder why the guy has TWO kayaks already?Whenever I see guys like this I always wonder what they mean when they say they "need a man." Judging from the type of guy this "kid" lit up for, he seems to have daddy issues to me. In short, if he is lucky, those he knows will kind of go along but there will always be that undercurrent that is homosexuality and only Adam will be able to find peace with that internally, not externally. In other words, so long as he stakes his happiness on "gay love", it will be hollow. It always is.Moral: accept homosexuality or be thought of as a hateful bigot.

I rented this the other night on On-Demand--with great trepidation. I have seen "indie" films before on the subject of coming out, and most of them made me wretch because they were so bad. Did I ever find a nice, refreshing surprise in "Fourth Man Out."Adam, an auto mechanic who could live in Anytown, U.S.A, decides on his 24th birthday that it is time he came out to his uber-straight buddies. He is tired (and weren't we all at one time or another) of playing the straight game; tired of denying his true feelings about who he would rather be with. Trouble is, Adam is kind of a wimp and simply cannot find the right time to tell his buds. Oh, that time does finally come, with some funny/some touching results. I applaud director Andrew Nackman for dealing with his subject matter like an adult. The characters in this film all seemed real, and if you're a gay man, you've probably encountered them all. The farting scene had me in stitches! I also applaud the writer, Aaron Dancik, for making his characters real and not caricatures. I have seen so many films where a "straight" director did not have a clue how to treat his actors. They either had the acting range of a turnip or were taken so over-the-top you just wanted to slap them until your arms got tired. Parker Young plays Chris (the best friend), and Evan Todd plays Adam, the guy who just cannot get out of his own way.Rated "R" for language and adult situations. There is no nudity or male/male sex--either implied or actual. Recommended.

I was taken by surprise with this movie. I know that it is classified as a "gay" movie but in truth it is a "human" movie. It is a story of acceptance and finding our way in life. I could relate to this movie on so many different levels.It was touching, heartfelt,romantic, and had some truly funny moments. This dealt with an average guy who had an awakening in his life and he decided to share it with his friends. It then became a journey for everyone around him - some who accepted and others who did not. There needs to be more movies like this as the script was well-developed, the actors truly cared about their roles, the production quality was top-notch, and there was a genuine heart to the movie.