Trick (1999)

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OUR WORD TO PARENTS: The following is a brief summary of the content found in this R rated, gay-based romantic comedy. Sexual content consists of various discussions/dialogue, the beginnings of some gay encounters and some implied heterosexual encounters. The main gist of the film is two men trying to find a place to carry out a one-night stand. A bare-breasted woman is seen as is a man wearing only a small thong (with a bulge in the front and most of his bare butt in the back). Profanity is heavy due to at least 5 uses of the "f" word, while various other profanities and colorful phrases are also uttered throughout the film. Beyond that, a few bad attitudes and some drinking and smoking, the rest of the film's categories are void of any major objectionable content. Due to what's present, however, should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for anyone in your home, you may want to take a closer look at the listed content. Of special note for those concerned with repetitively flashing bright lights, a scene set at a club has a few moments of that.

QUICK TAKE:: Romantic Comedy: A young gay man runs into various complications as he tries to find a place to be alone with a male dancer he's just met.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?: Unless they're gay or are interested in films featuring gay characters, it's probably not very likely.

WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R: For strong language and sexual content.

CAST AS ROLE MODELS:: CHRISTIAN CAMPBELL plays a young and mostly reserved playwright and musical composer who wants to have a fling with a male dancer he's just met.
JOHN PAUL PITOC plays that male dancer who initially seems to be just a hustler looking for a one-night stand, but later turns out to be a compassionate guy.
BRAD BEYER plays Gabriel's straight roommate who monopolizes their one-room apartment to have sex with various women.
TORI SPELLING plays Gabriel's loudmouthed and somewhat obnoxious best friend who occasionally uses strong profanity.
STEVE HAYES plays an older gay friend of Gabriel's.
LORRI BAGLEY plays Rich's girlfriend who's just returned from Europe with a penchant for going around topless.
CLINTON LEUPP plays a flamboyant drag queen who warns Gabriel about Mark.; JOHN PAUL PITOC plays that male dancer who initially seems to be just a hustler looking for a one-night stand, but later turns out to be a compassionate guy.
BRAD BEYER plays Gabriel's straight roommate who monopolizes their one-room apartment to have sex with various women.
TORI SPELLING plays Gabriel's loudmouthed and somewhat obnoxious best friend who occasionally uses strong profanity.
STEVE HAYES plays an older gay friend of Gabriel's.
LORRI BAGLEY plays Rich's girlfriend who's just returned from Europe with a penchant for going around topless.
CLINTON LEUPP plays a flamboyant drag queen who warns Gabriel about Mark.; BRAD BEYER plays Gabriel's straight roommate who monopolizes their one-room apartment to have sex with various women.
TORI SPELLING plays Gabriel's loudmouthed and somewhat obnoxious best friend who occasionally uses strong profanity.
STEVE HAYES plays an older gay friend of Gabriel's.
LORRI BAGLEY plays Rich's girlfriend who's just returned from Europe with a penchant for going around topless.
CLINTON LEUPP plays a flamboyant drag queen who warns Gabriel about Mark.; TORI SPELLING plays Gabriel's loudmouthed and somewhat obnoxious best friend who occasionally uses strong profanity.
STEVE HAYES plays an older gay friend of Gabriel's.
LORRI BAGLEY plays Rich's girlfriend who's just returned from Europe with a penchant for going around topless.
CLINTON LEUPP plays a flamboyant drag queen who warns Gabriel about Mark.; STEVE HAYES plays an older gay friend of Gabriel's.
LORRI BAGLEY plays Rich's girlfriend who's just returned from Europe with a penchant for going around topless.
CLINTON LEUPP plays a flamboyant drag queen who warns Gabriel about Mark.; LORRI BAGLEY plays Rich's girlfriend who's just returned from Europe with a penchant for going around topless.
CLINTON LEUPP plays a flamboyant drag queen who warns Gabriel about Mark.; CLINTON LEUPP plays a flamboyant drag queen who warns Gabriel about Mark.

ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE: Mild: People have drinks in a bar/club.
Perry has a drink in a bar and in a later scene has a martini.
Mark has a beer.
One of Mark's friends is somewhat drunk in a gay club.

BLOOD/GORE: Minor: We hear the sound of Gabriel urinating in a urinal in one scene, and then the same of him and Mark doing the same (in separate urinals) in a later scene.

DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE: Moderate: Rich monopolizes his and Gabriel's one-room apartment for sexual liaisons with different women (often making Gabriel spend the night in the hallway or forcing him out).
A man who states he already has a boyfriend tries to pick up Gabriel at a gay bar.
Both Gabriel and Mark decide to have a one-night stand (although this is modified a bit by the time the story ends) and spend the rest of the night trying to find a place to be alone.
Katherine dominates conversations and sticks around/invites herself to be with others when she's not exactly welcomed.

FRIGHTENING SCENES: None: None.

GUNS/WEAPONS: None: None.

IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR: Minor: Phrases: "Go down" (oral sex), "Screw," "Laid" and "Horny" (sexual), "Sucked," "Grab life by the balls," "Cajones" (testicles), "Fairies" and "Dykes," "Nuts" (crazy), "Skank," "Jerk," "Nancy pris-ass" and "Shut up."

JUMP SCENES: None: None.

MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE): None: None.

MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE): None: None.

PROFANITY: Heavy: At least 5 "f" words (1 used with "mother" and 2 related slang terms, "screw," used sexually), 17 "s" words, 7 slang terms for male genitals (the Spanish "dinga" and "d*ck"), 2 slang terms for female genitals ("p*ssy" -- but used loosely in a conversation about characters in/titles of "James Bond films), 1 slang term for breasts ("t*tties"), 2 asses, 1 hell, and 7 uses of "Oh my God," 5 of "God," 2 of "G-damn" and 1 each use of "My God" and "Christ" as exclamations.

SEX/NUDITY: Heavy: We see Rich in bed with a young woman (with just a sheet around her), apparently after sex. As she gets up to use the bathroom, we see her bare back as she walks away with that sheet around her.
Katherine shows some cleavage in various scenes.
Perry mentions "sex orgies" and bestiality to Gabriel while critiquing his latest number.
Gabriel visits a gay bar where Mark is dancing in a small thong that not only shows a bulge in the front, but also most of his bare butt in the back. We also see various men putting money into his thong.
A former go-go boy (male dancer) tells Gabriel how much he got paid and then adds that there's more money to be had if you do "other stuff" (although that's never detailed).
As Mark picks up Gabriel for a one-night stand, the latter tells him that his roommate will be back in two hours, causing Mark to state that "You can do a lot in two hours."
Finally alone in Gabriel's apartment and with most of the lights turned off, Mark takes off his shirt, undoes his pants and then lies down on his bed. When Gabriel comes over, Mark takes his hand and runs it down his chest toward his crotch. Gabriel's uncomfortable, though, and yanks his hand away. Moments later, however, Mark walks over to Gabriel who's seated at the piano and caresses him, causing Gabriel to remove his shirt (and Mark removes his pants down to his underwear). As Mark continues to caress Gabriel from behind him, he asks if it feels good and "Do you like that?" Gabriel then tells Mark that "I've always wanted someone to go down on me while playing the piano." Mark then gets under the piano and starts to pull off Gabriel's underwear (but nothing else happens as they're interrupted by Rich).
Rich and a young woman passionately kiss and we can clearly see her ample breasts in her halter top. As Rich and Gabriel go into the bathroom to discuss who gets to use the apartment, Mark asks this woman what she's looking for. When she replies "a condom," Mark pulls one out of his wallet and hands it to her.
As Gabriel explains that he initially wasn't comfortable around gay people, Mark asks, "You suck d*ck, right?" (and Gabriel acknowledges that).
Perry sings a song in a club that contains the Spanish equivalent of "How do you like my (slang) penis?"
While seated with Gabriel and Mark, Perry asks the latter if he participates in "three-ways or "forgies," but Mark tells him that he doesn't "hustle." Mark then asks Perry, "Can me and Gabe go back to your place and screw around?" Perry says yes and then comments that his place "hasn't seen any action in two weeks."
To make his ex-boyfriend jealous, Perry kisses Mark and Mark then says that they have a "purely animal" thing going on between them.
We see a few actresses in bras/bikini tops backstage.
We see Rich on top of Judy, kissing her in bed (but don't see anything else at the moment in this "shoulders and up" scene). After they stop for a moment and Rich wants to continue, Judy complains that he's always "horny."
At another male club where shirtless men dance together, one of Mark's friends/old boyfriend shows up stating that he's "f*cking horny tonight" and that he's going to "get laid." We then see part of this man's bare butt as she shows a tattoo. Later, this man asks Mark "do you want me?"
Upon hearing Gabriel's name, Miss Coco Peru -- a drag queen -- asks him if that's as in "Blow, Gabriel, Blow."
The drag queen then admits to having slept with Mark and states that he has "a huge penis" and then reiterates that by saying "Unbelievable. Believe me, I should know." He then adds, "It's big, it's beautiful, and you're going to love it." He then talks about his encounter with Mark and says, "So I'm licking his balls and the next thing I know, he comes in my eye...Did you ever get come in your eye, Gabriel? It burns." He then goes on to repeat that he was lying on the bed naked with come in his eye.
Outside his apartment door, Gabriel tells Mark that Rich and Judy "are still going at it." As they go in, we see Judy sitting up in bed with just a sheet covering her breasts. Later, she purposefully drops the sheet and we see her large bare breasts for several minutes (and she then gets into an argument with Rich about her baring them and leaves topless).
Judy then asks Gabriel and Mark if "you want to do each other." She then says that she finds it "kind of a turn-on" that Mark is a stranger and that it's the "great thing" about anonymous sex. She goes on to say that when you know someone only in a sexual way, it's hard to think of them as a person and that she wants to be a sex counselor someday. She then adds, "Personally, as a sexually active female, I find the idea of two men getting it on incredibly hot" and states that "everyone's bisexual to a degree."
Mark briefly comments on an encounter with Miss Coco Peru and that the latter videotaped their encounter.
Katherine denies having any lesbian tendencies and there's some related talk about that (but nothing graphic).
After Mark and Gabriel passionately kiss/caress each other and Mark then walks out of the public bathroom, Gabriel asks, "What about the sex?" and Mark replies, "What kind of girl do you think I am?"

SMOKING: Minor: Judy smokes once and various people smoke in bars/clubs.

TENSE FAMILY SCENES: None: None.

TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT: Mild: One-night stands, whether they're gay or straight.

VIOLENCE: None: None.