The Curiosity of Chance (2006)

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The Curiosity of Chance

Independent gay in high school film.

This is a very cute and stylish film focus on Chance Marquis and his homophobic jock rival. While the 'hip 80's international high school' is implausible, it works well as a sugar coated 'every high school' in a decade of fashion disasters and good music. The actors may not look their ages (See Grease for g... read more

High school coming-of-age tale. It is the 1980's -- and new wave angst and gender-bending fashion are all the rage. The new kid at school, Chance Marquis is a somewhat awkward teenager who is the target of the school bully. To deal with this dilemma, Chance turns to the opposite ends of the high school spectrum for help. On one end is the flamboyant drag queen and at the other end, the varsity jock. Includes conventions of the high school genre -- the idiot faculty, the good-hearted but misguided parents, the fairy tale reversal of popularity.