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G.B.F. (2013)

G.B.F. poster
Directed by
Darren Stein
Genre
comedy film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
R
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 406 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two closeted gay high school students, Tanner and Brent, have very different reactions when one of them is outed. Tanner suddenly becomes popular with the mean girls and his social status rises, which strains his friendship with Brent who stays in the closet.

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What happens

G.B.F. (Gay Best Friend) is a 2013 American teen comedy film directed by Darren Stein and produced by School Pictures, Parting Shots Media, and Logolite Entertainment. The film had its first official screening at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival in April 2013 and was released theatrically on January 17, 2014, by Vertical Entertainment. G.B.F. focuses on closeted gay high school students Tanner and Brent. When Tanner is outed, he is picked up by the cool girls. He begins to surpass still-closeted Brent in popularity. The film stars Michael J. Willett, Paul Iacono, Sasha Pieterse, Andrea Bowen, Xosha Roquemore, Molly Tarlov, Evanna Lynch, Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, and Megan Mullally. G.B.F's soundtrack includes new compositions by "Hi Fashion" and "Veva". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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