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4.0 out of 5 stars TLA Video Review, July 3 2004

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This review is from: The M.O. of M.I. (The Modus Operandi of Male Intimacy) (DVD)

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The M.O. of M.I. is a deliciously twisted suspense thriller in which the three main characters spend most of their time either screwing (in both senses of the word) or fighting. Michael (David Stockey) is a handsome but corrupt banker, who loves the younger Tom (Corey Schneider), his husband of eight months. One night, Jonathan (David Christopher), a studly performance artist, blows into town and needs a place to stay. Tom is infuriated when Michael invites this sexy "stranger" to spend the night at their house, and he begins to question his long-term relationship. Meanwhile, Jonathan strips out of his skin-tight jeans and tries to seduce Michael. Secretly, Michael and Jonathan are ex-lovers! Yet Tom may not be as na�ve as Michael and Jonathan suspect, for he is harboring a secret or two of his own.
It would spoil this suspense film to say anything more except that while the characters engage in blackmail, betrayal, double-crosses and other indoor sports, audiences will be guessing who to trust right up to the film's satisfying conclusion. And make sure not to turn the DVD until the final credits roll to see just how every last detail is worked out.

--Gary Kramer

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2.0 out of 5 stars Depends on your taste, Jun 28 2004

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I bought this DVD because of the mostly positive reviews. I now suspect that many of these are written by friends of the film-makers. In any event, I tend to like low-budget, independent films for telling stories Hollywood won't. Yes, the production and sound quality is poor/low-budget, the plot somewhat intriguing, while the acting was mostly poor-to-fair. There is potential in this story for a really good suspense film; however, the finished product falls far short. Rent before buying to see if this film is to your taste. I was disappointed.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Variety Magazine, Jun 2 2004

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By RONNIE SCHEIB

A convoluted story of gay sexual intrigue with more twists than a designer
pretzel, this low-budget first-time-out effort by scripter Aaron Brown and
helmer Susan Turley may be a bit too clever for its own good. Like the
Argentinean "9 Queens" or Mamet's "The Heist," "M.O." flaunts its generally
nifty con-within-con-within-con structure, where everyone is ultimately
revealed to be blackmailing, cheating or cheating-on everyone else, and
hopes it will somehow constitute a worldview. The surprise-twist mechanism
works surprisingly well, taking on a life of its own that threatens to
continue ad infinitem (indeed, the rug-pullers persist well into the end
credits), but elements never truly come together. Pic should do well on the
festival and gay circuit, but wider distribution, outside possible cable
play, seems iffy.

Uneven thesping results in players registering as different than advertised.
The central couple, a 35-year-old established businessman (David Stokey)
and, we're told, his much younger "husband" (Cory Schneider), look to be
roughly the same age. Thus the sexual cachet of youth constantly referred to
in the script is signally absent from the screen, unless one considers whiny
emotional immaturity a turn-on in itself.

On the other hand, the dark spoiler to this idyllic couple, a
poet/drifter/drug dealer (David Christopher), who apparently latches onto
them for his own sinister purposes, has enough sexual charisma for all
three. But nothing is as it seems and who loves who, and who is using whom,
undergoes countless permutations before the final curtain.

Originally a three-character stage play, the triangulated action unfolds as
a series of talky, often shrill confrontations intercut with each other and
with a derivative subplot involving dope peddlers and a stolen suitcase. Pic
is so concerned with setting up its smoke-and-mirrors illusions and priming
its set piece traps, that it never quite settles on any point of view or,
more essentially, any focal point, relying on a succession of dazzling
quick-changes to substitute for orchestration.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting
OK this is not a big budget film....it is not glossy and slick...it is raw. It IS a drama....albeit a bit campy at times....which actually lends to it's appeal. Read more

Published on May 22 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS WAS AMAZING
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Published on May 20 2004