10 Attitudes
10 Attitudes is a 2004 direct-to-video, improvised, gay romantic comedy film that stars Jason Stuart, who also improvised the story with Michael O. Gallant (credited as Michael Gallant). Gallant directed the film and co-produced it with Rob Bonet and Stuart. The film was shown at film festivals and then released on home video by Ariztical Entertainment on November 23, 2004. After ending his ten-year relationship, a 30-ish gay West Hollywood caterer must either find his perfect match within ten dates or return to his hometown. The film received mixed reviews.
Plot
Gay West Hollywood caterer Josh Stevens (Jason Stuart), who is in his 30s, ends his ten-year relationship with his partner Lyle (Rusty Updegraff) who cheats on him with a 19-year-old Todd (Ben Crowley). Josh's friend Brendon (Christopher Cowan) makes a wager with newly single Josh to either find a suitable partner within ten dates or return to his hometown Cleveland, Ohio.
Josh assumes his first suitor Jimmy (Michael Lee Haring) has been using drugs[2] when Jimmy quickly returns from a restroom. Josh's second date Bryce (Scott Kennedy) gives him a magazine filled with Bryce's writings on celebrities' faces, including Bryce's circles on heterosexual male celebrities whom Bryce admires. The third suitor Billy (David Faustino) wants to involve Josh in a threesome proposed by Billy's girlfriend, which Josh rejects. The fourth suitor whom Josh briefly dates at a Los Angeles Pride parade is a US Marine soldier and a circuit boy. Josh visits the apartment of his fifth date, who apparently wants a one-night stand.
The sixth suitor goes to gay bathhouses, which Josh does not want to experience. The seventh suitor Steven (Hilliard Guess) angrily scolds a bartender for putting a lemon slice in Steven's drink instead of the lime he requested, and throws a lemon at the bartender, prompting Josh to end the date. The eighth suitor Marty (Tony Rasmussen) "does nothing but talk about himself". The ninth suitor Leo (Joey Vieira), a hustler whom Josh met at group therapy sessions, reveals his dark past to Josh and, after their first date, has sex with Josh, going against Josh's wish to date more, making Josh feel regretful and feel like one of Leo's escorts.
After several dates, Josh's tenth-and-final suitor Nick (Scott Larson) at first seems to be a perfect match after their several dates, but Nick does not show up for the latest date. Josh is unaware of Nick's active marriage with his wife and that Nick is having an affair with a drag queen. Depressed, Josh becomes intoxicated for the whole night.
The following week, after his ten failed dates, Josh decides to return to Cleveland for a while. At a train station, he encounters his former schoolmate Jack Langford (Fritz Greve), who also bullied Josh in high school and is also going to Cleveland. Jack then reveals himself as gay by telling Josh he ended his own relationship with a boyfriend. While walking to the train to Cleveland, Jack admits his guilt for the pain he caused Josh and asks Josh how to make up for his past actions.
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