With a sigh, the single mom of four from Shreveport. It's not life-changing, but see it for Anderson's performance, and Udo Kier in drag. When Demetris Payne saw a missed call from her son's junior high school, she knew something was wrong. My son has a hairy chest (courtesy of my genes) that extends to about an inch below his Adam’s apple. House of Boys pulls no punches in depicting disease and the effects it can cause this may be unsettling for some, but you'll be glad you sat through it.
Udo Kier and Stephen Webb are good for the laughs, which are few, but effective. He seems an odd choice next to Anderson, and his character is lost among the other, more colourful ones.
It's a shame he finds it with Benn Northover (whom I haven't seen in anything else either), who pales in comparison to pretty much every other performer in this film. I haven't seen him in anything else, but he's fantastic as the rebellious party-boy who finds his own heart. Admittedly there were some questionable parts, but overall this film does what it sets out to reel you in with many bare torsos and shove reality in your face with a hard knock, amid a love story that ultimately has you caring about it by the end.
