Tru Loved

I loved Tru Loved because it tackles serious issues like homophobia with a great sense of humor. I enjoyed it even more the second time I saw it. Though Tru Loved is not a true story, it's about real issues, teens... Full review

I saw this last night. I loved it. The whole audience seemed to as well. Serious problems are shown with positive messages given in a lighthearted way.... Full review

This movie isn't for everyone, but I liked it very much. The acting is mostly good, especially from the younger cast and it sends a positive message and makes you think.... Full review

this sucked, it was a total waste of my time, i could have gotten a New London hooker for less then this. Total dissapointment.... Full review

So there was no real news in a veteran film critic dumping on a cheap-jack indie flick . it illustrates what the minimum requirements are for a competent film ... Full Review

'Tru Loved:' A coming-of-age, coming-out story is better envisioned than executed It isn't unique visually and a lot of the acting is what, at best, could be called amateur. ... Full Review

when "Tru Loved" digs in with broad caricatures of homophobia and all-purpose intolerance, the movie can be a supreme chore to sit through.....However, as a movie, it's an uneven event, failing to secure a point of view worth cheering for..... ... Full Review

Tru Loved" is worth a look for the supporting cast alone, which includes Jasmine Guy, Marcia Wallace, Alexandra Paul, Cynda Williams, Nichelle Nichols (Lt. ... Full Review

but not in this movie, which is likely because of the third problem with Tru Loved : the writing and acting, which is wretched-across the board. This does not make you a bad person and is in fact the second problem with Tru Loved . ... Full Review

Q Cinema has announced its spring titles and among them is the story of a new girl in a conservative suburban Southern California high school. ... Full Article

The casting is more imaginative than the filmmaking, however, and Wade's attempts at whimsy (odd fantasy sequences taking place in Tru's mind, including a West Side Story -themed dance/fight) don't jibe with the character he has crafted. ... Full Article

Releasing this week in some areas of the country, Tru Loved makes an entry into the alternative lifestyle film category.The slow moving film with fair direction and average acting, opens eyes to same sex relationships. ... Full Article

Comedy-drama. Najarra Townsend, Matthew Thompson, Bruce Vilanch. Written and directed by Stewart Wade. (Not rated. 102 minutes. At the Lumiere and the Rialto Cinema Elmwood in Berkeley.) ... Full Article

Following is a new review of "Tru Loved," which I have viewed from beginning to end.First comes the original, unaltered, 10/17/08 review, written after I had viewed eight minutes of the film. ... Full Article

Writer-director Stewart Wade's Tru Loved is a kitschier incarnation of an after-school special: hokey and simplistic, but also gawkily sweet-natured. Recently relocated from San Francisco to the suburbs, Tru (Najarra Townsend) and family-composed of her two lesbian mothers and two... ... Full Article