REVIEWS
‘Mesmerizing’
‘Deadpan and winning’
‘What rivets the attention is not the hardcore sex but the sense - Mike Leigh-worthy - of a tragicomical, low-rent existential crisis’
Nigel Andrews, Financial Times ****. Click here for full review
‘Directed by Andrew Haigh with great sensitivity...all is portrayed with breathtaking artistry and considerateness’
‘The story blends fiction and documentary, using real scenarios from film collected over a year, fleeting moments in stobe-lit disco’s momentarily reduce all players to colliding atoms in a particle accelerator, but Haigh brilliantly chooses to focus on the individuals and the everyday nature of their life, with it’s simplicity and accidental grace”
Ken Russell, The Times. Click here for full article
‘The vérité aesthetic is gritty and unglamorous, but also humane and occasionally transcendent’
‘Forget judgmental finger-wagging or voyeuristic adulation: Haigh wants his audience to draw their own conclusions, but regardless of your opinions on the sex industry, you’d be a bastard not to cheer Pete on to victory.’
Micheal Gillespie , The Skinny ****. Click here for full review
“Vérité stylings and seductive naturalism, the film never condemns or glamorises”
Steve O’Brien, Filmstar magazine ****. Click here for review
‘Always entertaining and truly fascinating, Andrew Haigh’s feature debut is an education in itself and challenges preconceived ideas about escorting and then spits them right back at you’
Rachael Scott, Gaydarnation ****. Click here for full review
‘Dark, fascinating and utterly compelling’
Boyz Magazine ****
‘Groundbreaking. A work of intelligence and integrity’
The List
‘Sometimes funny but more often sad, what emerges is the emptiness of these boys’ lives, their dependence on drugs and alcohol and their inability to form loving, lasting relationships’
Paul Burston, Time Out ***. Click here for review
‘Greek Pete is an arresting, but sad, insight into the unseen world of rent’
‘Full of honesty, real affection, real sex and often shocking realism, director Andrew Heigh casts light on what is an often misunderstood section of gay society’
Attitude Magazine
‘A plotless but eye opening, naturalistic film about the day to day life of a rent-boy”
Laurence Phelan, The Independent ***
‘Admirably frank’
Ali Catteral, Channel Four ***
‘Non judgemental and ultimately rather sad insight into the world of a rent-boy...the performances are natural and convincing’
Tim Evans, Sky Movies ***
‘It’s a black comedy, full of great lines and it deserves to be a mainstream hit’
Charlotte O’Sullivan, Evening Standard ***
‘A deadpan serving of real-life drama, this night-and-day portrait is a 21st-century update of Andy Warhol's Flesh’
‘It’s sadness doesn't stem from a moral tut-tut stance about whoring but from a sense of modern emptiness that haunts Pete’
‘Well-shot and anchored by a performance that's just deep and ordinary enough to remain compelling, Greek Pete isn't just easy meat’
San Francisco Bay Guardian
‘The inside story of the world of rent boys isn't a novel subject for a film, but Haigh breathes new life into the topic’
‘Haigh skillfully shows us aspects of the rent boys' personalities without resorting to either judgment or heavy-handedness’
San Francisco Chronicle
‘Haigh captures a snapshot of the sometimes fraught and scrabbling working lives of this community, multi-dimensional people in an ongoing, indeterminate story’
Baltimore City Paper
‘Haigh's film is totally frank and without coyness or hypocrisy...there is a kind of upfront honesty about this film’
Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
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