Joseph (Torres), a young Manhattan lawyer with, it seems, limited experience in the gay world (for an attorney, he’s awfully naive), visits Fire Island for an offseason weekend of personal and romantic exploration.īut Joseph is soon “drugged and mugged” by a would-be hookup and, in his haze, may have witnessed a murder. Plus, given its inconsistent viewpoint, it’s unclear exactly where on the LGBTQ continuum the movie lies.
Torres (he also co-edited and was a producer), skims the surface of the story’s loftier aspirations, often defaulting to tired stereotypes and awkwardly executed tropes. So why does the film feel so convoluted and unconvincing?Īs usual, it starts with the script. The gay-centric thriller “Last Ferry” has much creative, emotional, sexual and sociocultural terrain in mind, at least according to its production notes.
