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THREESOME (1994)

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Rated: R; Genres: Comedy, Romance; With: Stephen Baldwin, Lara Flynn Boyle and Josh Charles; Distributor: TriStar Pictures

B-

By Ty Burr

Ty Burr

Ty Burr is a writer at large for EW and is no relation to Raymond or Aaron

At least give this campus comedy partial credit for running deeper than the usual post-''Animal House'' offerings. Macho dude Stuart (Baldwin) loves skittish Alex (Boyle), who loves bookish Eddy (Josh Charles), who discovers, to his confusion, that he loves Stuart. To add some complexity to this tale, they're roommates. Threesome is honest enough to portray college students as earnest sexaholics, but when it comes to Eddy's gayness, the movie is all talk (which may be in keeping with the instincts of the character, but it still feels like a cop-out). The three leads are quite engaging whenever they are disengaged, though, and the movie does nail the emotional weirdness of your average dormitory suite.

Posted Sep 09, 1994

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