C.O.G. [Blu-ray]

i loved the preview for the film. so much so that i rented it even after reading several negative reviews. i must say that i am glad i did. the film had a dry humor, and rather expertly captured the longing that is so familiar for those of us who have never managed to fit in. Samual is in effect running from his old life. whatever bond or plan which he shared with his original travel companion is quickly shattered by her finding a heterosexual guy with a car. This lands him alone with a group of people who dont speak his language. thanks to a recommendation samuel moves to a better job fueling resentment amongst the day laborers. Further acts of alienation and hostility quickly follow. Samuel rides it out with general hope and unabashed determination. Ultimately claiming that he is the sickest ( read gayest) there is, officially coming out of the closet, a true milestone and hopefully the cathartic moment he has been looking for. Well worth watching.

I make it a point to watch the entire movie if I want to review it. For this reason, I watched C.O.G. to the very end. The movie gives the viewer many reasons to want to hit the stop button and little reason to continue watching. In tone, this work is insulting to the communities that the main character encounters. In addition, the very premise of the the movie is problematic: a graduate student of Yale wishes to experience hardship, somewhat inanely, among various communities in Oregon: Farmers, factory and migrant workers, evangelizing christians, are conceived here as the unwashed, ignorant, bigoted, and unprogressive poor. In the eyes of this young man, their belief systems are a blight on life in general and a source of distress for him in particular. However, being apparently helpless against the ignorant masses, he has no answers and nor will he terminate his voluntary foray into their lives. So he just suffers among them for the duration of his planned time there. He doesn't start to understand this life differently and they never start to see him differently.The writing labors. A lot of bad language is employed, and crass humor abounds. Throughout the shoddy plot, much contrived discomfort is suffered. The acting is poor, the settings unnecessarily bleak. Although the issues are current (gay rights, underserved populations, etc), they are so ineptly handled as to leave the viewer feeling frustrated at all else that could have been said, done, understood, learned.In the end, the impression one gets is that ultimately, there is little of value in this negative and deficient work.

Not being familiar with Sedaris' work, I new nothing of his autobiographical short stories. I rented the movie when I accidently mis-clicked while on Amazon.com! I liked the movie, often finding myself LOL-ing at the subtle, but cleaver humor. I must be really naïve, because I watched to the conclusion without realizing David was gay! I thought he was just a naïve young man as I was at his age. I'm recommending the movie to everyone except my Christian friends! I think Groff did an excellent job portraying David and as a direct result of watching this movie I will be signing on with HBO to watch the series, "Looking", scheduled to air early 2014.

Got to be one the most boring films I've watched in years. There was some acting that was good. But nearly every scene could have been 90 seconds but was dragged out to 15. Sedaris' essay may have been decent but the screenplay here was junk. On top of that the lead character was the most lost and lame person in history. O.K, that's the gist but I really didn't want to spend a quiet evening having to endure other people's problems.

I liked it, the lead was so cute and charming, very attractive inside and out. The movie sort of shows how some christians can be when it somes to LGBTQ things, they just do not care. The mixed messages of a church who combines law and gospel at the same time, creates a double hearted person, who loves but also hates, would hate LGBTQ people. Its good, sometimes we all need to get away and find ourselves, LGBTQ people, and in that journey, we sometimes encounter all sorts of people, people who are wolves in sheep's clothing, others who are wolves and want to eat us up. The movie did end in an odd manner, without closure, without answers, but him alone, in his path. That is how sometimes life is, we find ourselves alone, with no right answers, but we have to move on...

My whole fam damily has met David Sedaris and he is a genius and nice person. If this movie is as honest as his writing, then Child Of God is shocking and amazing. Some scenes are apparently meant to be punches in the stomach, rather than Humor. Bravery is the motive for confession, maybe? Seems a bit counter to his real life now, but people are allowed to change their minds? We are left with more questions than we had before we saw C.O.G. We wonder and wonder. This movie is NOT like his famous hilarious Christmas-elf story. It has teeth.

The story of a lost soul bumbling through life, but missing self-discovery. And missing the wry humor that is the mark of David Sedaris. The main character is not aware of himself on any level--sexually, intellectually, as a human. Nothing. Sedaris's characters, even when he delves back into his youth, are aware of the irony of their actions in juxtaposition with the expectations of society. This character, whose name I can't even bother to remember, is totally clueless.

I have read all that I can fibd written Sedaris, He is a natyunak trasure in my opinion. U really enjoyed this film. It captured Sedaris' humor and world outlook well. Jonatham Grooff did a great job. The whole cast is very good.