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Plainclothes
Directed by
Carmen Emmi
Releasing Sep 19
1h 36m
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7.5
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A promising undercover agent assigned to lure and arrest gay men defies professional orders when he falls in love with a target.
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Cast of Plainclothes
Tom Blyth
Lucas
Russell Tovey
Andrew
Amy Forsyth
Emily
Maria Dizzia
Marie
Christian Cooke
Ron
Gabe Fazio
Uncle Paul
John Bedford Lloyd
Lt. Sollars
Sam Asa Brownstein
Christian
Darius Fraser
Jeff
Alessandra Ford Balazs
Jessie
Joseph Emmi
Gus
Luke Burke
Ben
Marlene Mancini
Nonna
Christian Albright
Aunt Trish
Carmen Emmi
Director / Writer
Arthur Landon
Producer
Eric Podwall
Producer
Colby Cote
Producer
Plainclothes Reviews
Autostraddle
Drew Gregory
While this disinterest in policing isn't inherently a problem, it does leave the film's most interesting thematic threads unexplored.
Geek Vibes Nation
Brandon Lewis
Even though it centers on anxiety, Plainclothes is an exceptionally assured film. Carmen Emmi treats his vulnerable characters and their circumstances with the inventive care they deserve while cracking open the complexities of being closeted in the 90s.
Fish Jelly Films (YouTube)
Joseph Robinson
Blyth and Tovey give heartful performances in this impressive directorial debut.
Consequence
Liz Shannon Miller
Plainclothes has its moments, especially in its frank depiction of the awkward position of not-quite-acceptance faced by gay people in the 1990s. Yet it falls just short of greatness.
Awards Buzz
Abe Friedtanzer
This is a film full of trauma that also includes heartwarming moments whenever its two superb leads are together.
AwardsWatch
Erik Anderson
Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey are fantastic and sell every moment of desperation, fear and longing in a way that's palpable if bleak.
IndieWire
Christian Zilko
The kind of experimentation that "Plainclothes" attempts only works when the narrative fundamentals are already firmly in place, and Emmi's film gets too far ahead of itself in that regard.
AV Club
Jacob Oller
A cruising tragedy brought to its knees by writer-director Carmen Emmi's unrelenting stylistic futzing.
Punch Drunk Critics
Travis Hopson
The only true highlight is Blyth, a rising star who shows genuine presence and overcomes a lack of passionate chemistry with Tovey.
Slant Magazine
Rocco T. Thompson
Sexy, scary, and occasionally clumsy, Carmen Emmi's feature-length directorial debut is an anxious and unabashed gay drama about social repression and its impacts.
The Hollywood Reporter
David Rooney
It's a moving story told with sensitivity and beautifully acted by the two leads.
United Press International
Fred Topel
Remains relevant as long as tolerance remains a struggle, for marginalized people or just anyone with compassion.
The Playlist
Gregory Ellwood
What truly elevates "Plainclothes" in this genre are the contributions from Tovey and Blyth. Both Brits do fine American accents but their chemistry on screen is palpable.
The Movie Cricket
Sean P. Means
The performers sensitively portray different ends of the gay experience in 1997- the young man just discovering his sexual preferences, and the older and wiser man who knows the routine he has to follow to separate his sexuality from his public identity.
Deadline Hollywood Daily
Damon Wise
The smoldering chemistry between the two is palpable, and Blyth is especially good as a young man wrestling with his identity. Plainclothes, though, is not strictly a coming-out movie, it's a relatable story about infatuation and heartbreak.
Discussing Film
James Preston Poole
Plainclothes is a coming out drama that carries the emotional stakes of an extremely tense thriller, giving Tom Blyth the chance to show off his impressive range. It's both stylish in how it conveys its '90s setting and noble in how it avoids tropes.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
The nearly non-stop intensity of the filmmaking in "Plainclothes" is obviously designed to recreate the anxiety of being closeted, but Emmi makes so many choices that call attention to themselves, burying what works by everything that's placed on top.
Variety
Peter Debruge
Emmi was but a boy in 1997, the year when "Plainclothes" is set, which makes the degree to which he successfully re-creates the atmosphere -- as well as the uncertainty and paranoia -- of that time rather remarkable
Screen Rant
Mae Abdulbaki
Led by an outstanding Tom Blyth, Plainclothes is a multidimensional romantic thriller that is worth analyzing from every angle.
InBetweenDrafts
Jon Negroni
Director Carmen Emmi wraps the film in an atmosphere so thick with anxiety it's almost unbearable. That anxiety is amplified by grainy visuals, evoking both the era's aesthetic and the unpolished reality of Lucas's double life.
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