![]() ![]() He's not always lucky in his attempts to get girls but at least he doesn't have to hide his attraction to women, whereas Russell does have to hide his attraction to Kevin. Gunnar can just talk to girls and try to date them out in the open in front of a crowd of people. Russell isn't like his best friend Gunnar, played by Andrew Caldwell. Instead of seeing a handsome boy like Kevin Land, the football jock and high school stud, played by Justin Deeley ( 90210 and Drop Dead Diva), and approaching him in the middle of school to ask him on a date, Russell has to use the Internet and secret text messages. ![]() Yet, it's the level of compassion here that is the most pronounced.Ĭameron Deane Stewart stars as Russell Middlebrook, a 16-year-old virgin who is exploring his sexuality but at the outset it seems that Russell is gay, but he simply can't admit it, either to himself or to anyone in his conservative community. ![]() Screenwriter Edmund Entin and his twin brother and director Gary Entin perfectly translate the need for young people to find a path to follow but also sometimes blaze a path of their own. It's sweet and romantic and funny and serious and everything a good movie should be. ![]() Geography Club is a perfect film for teenagers, and is many ways on the same level as movies like American Pie or Mean Girls. Geography Club might just be this generation's The Breakfast Club. ![]()
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