Beach Rats

Watch: Beach Rats

8/25/20171h 39m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

Overview:

On the outskirts of Brooklyn, Frankie, an aimless teenager, suffocates under the oppressive glare cast by his family and a toxic group of delinquent friends. Struggling with his own identity, Frankie begins to scour hookup sites for older men.

Director:

Eliza Hittman

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$486,623.00

Key words:

coming out
bisexuality
melancholy
family relationships
coney island
marijuana
male homosexuality
drugs
lgbt
lgbt teen
older man younger man relationship
sexual exploration
woman director
exploring sexuality
hookup
online hookup
gay theme
boys' love (bl)
complicated
disheartening
empathetic
teen smoking

Cast

Harris Dickinson

~ as ~

Frankie

Madeline Weinstein

~ as ~

Simone

Kate Hodge

~ as ~

Donna

Neal Huff

~ as ~

Joe

Nicole Flyus

~ as ~

Carla

Frank Hakaj

~ as ~

Nick

David Ivanov

~ as ~

Alexei

Anton Selyaninov

~ as ~

Jesse

Harrison Sheehan

~ as ~

Jeremy

Douglas Everett Davis

~ as ~

Harry

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
6
Harris Dickinson goes out on a bit of a limb with this role - and generally pulls off a convincing effort as a sexually repressed/confused teenager who leads a triple life - with a straight girlfriend; with his macho homophobic mates and when he picks up men online - or on Coney Island pier - for casual sex. The story is nothing new, but this is an edgier and grittier rendition of the coming-out story. I have to say that his character is really not a nice man; he manipulates as far as he can and ultimately gets his just desserts; he is thoughtless, reckless and selfish. It is certainly not for the faint-hearted and at times this is a very slow burn but I suspect that there are many young men going through a similar identity crisis, and dealing with it in much the same way. Watch out for the star, I reckon he is going places....