Article: `Trick': a charming boy-meets-boy treat

TRICK Directed by: Jim Fall Screenplay by: Jason Schafer Starring: Christian Campbell, John Paul Pitoc, Tori Spelling, Steve Hayes, Brad Beyer, Lorri Bagley, Kevin Chamberlain, Clinton Leupp At: Kendall Square Running time: 90 minutes Rated: R (strong language and sexual content)

"Trick" is a disarming little boy-meets-boy movie that owes at least part of its appeal to the fact that it sidesteps the usual heavy crises of gay-themed films. Nobody in it has AIDS, and nobody is sweating coming out. The only crises in it are of the temporal and romantic kind, namely, can a couple of nice guys get around a plotful of obstacles to their spending the night together? It's as sweet and upbeat as ...

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