Geography Club (film)

Geography Club is a 2013 American comedy-drama film directed by Gary Entin from a screenplay by Edmund Entin, based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Brent Hartinger. The film stars Cameron Deane Stewart, Justin Deeley, Meaghan Martin, Allie Gonino, Nikki Blonsky, Andrew Caldwell, Marin Hinkle, Ana Gasteyer, and Scott Bakula.

Geography Club
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGary Entin
Screenplay byEdmund Entin
Based onGeography Club
by Brent Hartinger
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMatthew Irving
Edited byWilliam Yeh
Music byLior Rosner
Production
companies
Distributed byBreaking Glass Pictures
Release dates
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$477,463 [1]

It premiered on ABC Family as a world premiere movie.

Plot

Russell is sixteen-years-old and is going on dates with girls. But he’s recently started falling for football quarterback Kevin. When Min stumbles across Russell and Kevin kissing for the first time during a school trip, she decides to invite Russell to an LGBT support group in the school. This group meets in a classroom regularly and masquerades as a Geography Club. The club consists of a small number of students including Min and Therese who tell everyone that they are just really good friends when in reality this is not the case. There is also Ike who can’t quite figure out who he really is.

Russell gets invited to a meal at Kevin’s parents house after a great football match. The meal is awkward due to the fathers questioning and the guys feelings for each other. Meanwhile, Russell’s best mate Gunnar gets Kevin to go on a trip with some girls. He’s upset that they aren’t as close as they were and knows he’s acting weird. Whilst they are hanging out, the girls try to come on to Russell. He leaves and walks home by himself messaging Kevin asking for a lift home, confiding in his worries.

As the weeks go by the Geography Club members grow closer supporting one another. The group chastises Russell when he bullies one of the other club members due to peer pressure from classmates. Rumors have spread that Russell is a “homo” and he’s been kicked off the football team. Min suggests that the club finally go public which means they will all be outed. Kevin meets Russell to apologize for him being kicked off the team. Russell tells Kevin he should join the Geography Club but Kevin freaks out saying he can’t. He wants to stay in the closet, play football and be ‘normal’. Russell gives Kevin an ultimatum. Either turn up tomorrow at the club or they should go their separate ways.

Gunnar and Russell make amends and the club go public welcoming new people. Kevin watches on from a distance not feeling able to attend. Russell stands up and welcomes students to the first ever Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) meeting.

Cast

Release

Geography Club premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival on April 27, 2013. The film received a limited theatrical release by Breaking Glass Pictures on November 15, 2013 and was also released digitally the same day on iTunes, Amazon Video and VOD.

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film holds a 67% rating based on 12 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10.[2] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 57 based on reviews from 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[3]

Writing for The Huffington Post, John Lopez describes the film as entertaining and praises the themes as "universal and relatable", as well as for trying to define a "new normal" where homosexuality is accepted as an everyday thing.[4]

Entertainment Tonight hails Geography Club saying, "Every year sees the release of one film so culturally important it should be required viewing. This year, that film is Geography Club." The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) of the Philippine government gave the movie a PG rating and highly commends the film as a "sweet and sensitive coming out, coming of age movie based on the first novel of the young adult series/play of the same name."[5]

Awards

Following is a list of awards that Geography Club or its cast have won or for which they have been nominated.[6]

Won
Nominated

Home media

Breaking Glass Pictures released Geography Club on DVD on March 25, 2014.[1]

References
  1. "Geography Club (2014) - Financial Information". The Numbers.
  2. "Geography Club (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
  3. "Geography Club". Metacritic. Retrieved November 22, 2013.
  4. John Lopez (April 30, 2013) "Newport Film Festival's 'The Geography Club' Depicts the New Normal of Gay Relationships" The Huffington Post. Retrieved on October 31, 2013
  5. "Movie on coming out is highly recommended by the MTRCB: 'Geography Club'". Inquirer Movies. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  6. "Awards for Geography Club (2007)". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
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