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Overview

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6.2/10   1,068 votes
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Director:

Scott Silver

Writer:

Scott Silver (writer)

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Release Date:

31 January 1997 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama more

Plot:

It's the day before Christmas, the day before John's 21st birthday. He's a prostitute on Santa Monica Blvd in L.A.... more | add synopsis

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Awards:

1 win more

User Comments:

Well-intentioned but very unsatisfying. more (35 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Lukas Haas ... Donner

David Arquette ... John
Wilson Cruz ... Mikey

Keith David ... Homeless John

Christopher Gartin ... Eli

Elliott Gould ... Manny Gould

Terrence Howard ... Jimmy the Warlock (as Terrence Dashon Howard)
Joshua Schaefer ... David (as Josh Schaefer)

Nicky Katt ... Mix

Richard Kind ... Paul Truman
Kurtis Kunzler ... Hustler at Payphone

John C. McGinley ... Danny Cohen

Richard T. Jones ... Mr. Popper (as Richard Timothy Jones)
Louis Mustillo ... John Wayne
Harper Roisman ... Old Man
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Also Known As:

Johns (France) [fr]
Johns (Brazil) [pt]
Johns (Spain) [es]
Johns - katu antaa (Finland) [fi]
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MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content and language, and for some violence and drug use.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby


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Trivia:

Filmed in 20 days in and around Hollywood. more

Quotes:

Donner: I am not a prostitute. I am an entertainer. I do not go in for violence. more


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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Well-intentioned but very unsatisfying., 1 June 2004
4/10
Author: xavrush89 from Illinois, U.S.A.

The good acting by David Arquette surprised me, I'll admit. Too bad he and Lukas Haas' efforts in this film go unrewarded by a meandering script and barely developed secondary characters. The portrayal of life on the street was intriguing, but the turns of events didn't go anywhere, yet at the same same time the film's conclusion is inevitable. It's as if the director had Point A and Point B and called in some favors to get some name actors to improv scenes. It's sad that even in a modestly budgeted independent film like this, they filled the bill with heterosexual actors who got to be gay as a dramatic exercise, then went back to their heterosexual lives, while we can still count on one hand the number of openly gay actors working in movies and TV combined. You'd think a small film like this might have been an opportunity a gay actor or two. But noooooo, we already have our quota of openly gay actors on the lower rungs of the Hollywood ladder.

But even not taking that into account, the film is just okay at best. Not enough of a story, and even barring that, the dialogue in unmemorable. The only reason to watch is to see David Arquette in a new light, otherwise skip it.

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