Choose Connor

The plot line is an expose of the under belly of American politics. While the theme seems common, what "makes" the movie is the unconventional way the story is told. The characters are played with conviction. You feel the innocence of... Full review

In this election year, where so much idealism is attached to one of the candidates, it is poignant to watch a film that warns us not to make an idol out of anyone running for public office. Luke Eberl is the... Full review

Leaving the theater, my movie-going companion remarked: "It didn't go far enough." I see where he's coming from, but I would summarize a little differently. "Choose Connor" falls into an uncomfortable valley right between going too far and not going... Full review

Everything about "Choose Connor" was top=drawer, especially the script and the very proficient work done by the 21-year-old director, writer, producer Luke Eberl . . . a talented young man from whom to expect great things. All the acting was... Full review

Written and directed with unrelenting cynicism by 22-year-old Luke Eberl, "Choose Connor" is undeniably obvious and intermittently awkward. When Connor recounts a story about a school bully to an uncomfortable Owen, no amount of physical contact could make the scene more skin-crawlingly predatory. ... Full Review

To paraphrase Peggy Noonan, Choose Connor mires itself in far-fetched bullshit narrative. Owen (mop-topped Alex D. Linz) begins the film as a gawky 15-year-old Youth in Government-type, the sort of boy who has more trophies and certificates than friends. ... Full Review

political junkies desperate for a movie to endorse this election season should abstain from giving him their vote.....The acting is uniformly, if understandably, atrocious..... ... Full Review

Our possibly closeted teenage protagonist becomes fast friends with the congressman's gay nephew (Escher Holloway), and the developing relationship plays out with an awkward sweetness at odds with the otherwise grimy proceedings. Like this election cycle, the movie leaves you cynical and weary. ... Full Review

Connor is immediately taken with Owen's intelligence and wit, and Caleb is immediately taken with Owen. He has no friends and spends almost all of his time studying, but his mundane suburban life is changed forever when he meets congressman Lawrence Connor (Steven Weber) and his young nephew Caleb (Escher Holloway). ... Full Review

In a movie that all but screams Mark Foley's name (it's about a congressman sleazing over a teenage boy), it's odd to hear politicos wittering about a war in the fictional nation state of Tie Ear (Ti?re? ... Full Article