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Thursday, January 12, 2006

Last Call on Pluto

Posted by on January 12 at 12:42 PM

If you were thinking about seeing Neil Jordan’s Breakfast on Pluto, but didn’t yet, haul ass over to The Big Picture before it leaves town. I caught it yesterday and can’t fathom why critics have been so ho-hum. Granted, as our own Annie Wagner noted in her recent review, this flimsy film doesn’t pack the punch of Jordan’s The Crying Game nor his previous collaboration with Pluto author Patrick McCabe, The Butcher Boy. But it does a fantastic job of capturing an essential skill that saves many a young fag, dyke, or crossdresser - the ability to not only create one’s own universe, but even strongarm “the real world” into accommodating the rebellious individual, rather than vice versa. Plus, it boasts an amazing ’70s soundtrack (out Jan. 24 on Milan Records), and former Virgin Prunes frontman Gavin Friday is adorable as C-list glam rocker Billy Hatcher; the scene where he slow dances with Kitten in front of a pub had me cooing. Watch for the knockout cameo by Bryan Ferry, too.