The long & short: two straigt Irish blokes head to the Big Smoke in search of employment and soon decide that being male prostitutes is lucrative. Yes, you'll need to understand English (Irish) accents & terminology. Funny? Yes. Family Friendly? No. Should I buy this? It's a great 1hr 20min diversion from the usual Hollywood fare. One of the better TLA releases. Go for it.

Average Rating:

Rating: - 9 Mostly Funny...
The long & short: two straigt Irish blokes head to the Big Smoke in search of employment and soon decide that being male prostitutes is lucrative. Yes, you'll need to understand English (Irish) accents & terminology. Funny? Yes. Family Friendly? No. Should I buy this? It's a great 1hr 20min diversion from the usual Hollywood fare. One of the better TLA releases. Go for it.

Rating: - Dead Funny
If you've got the kind of sense of humour that loved 'snatch' you'll like this film. The two leads are fun to watch and the story unfolds quickly enough to keep interest high. Loved the visual humour and the quirky characters. For a movie about 9 dead gay guys the violence is kept to a minimum and the deaths are more funny than tragic. Lots of fun. We watched it with a group of friends - one almost died laughing - which would have made 10 dead gay guys.

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Rating: - Okay.. well
Kind of funny. Silly. Harmless. Diverting. But it could have been 9 Dead Crooks, 9 Dead Italian Guys, 9 Dead Working-Class Stiffs .. whatever. Yes, some of the humor comes from the gay factor and maybe its ultimate successs is the fact that there could be interchangable 9 Dead ___ Guys, but it still doesn't amount to too much. Silly, crass, amusing. Okay rental for a boring night.

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Rating: - Part of the Magnificent K's Gay Movie Marathon
Ok guys...this is a seriously funny movie...my best friend and I (the Magnificent K's) definatly recommend this...and it is best when either preceeded or followed by the ever popular "But I'm a Cheerleader"...it makes for wonderful entertainment...those 2 movies make our marathon....neither of us are homosexuals...we just find these movies so amusing! The only reason we rented this movie in the first place was because of the title, which is intriguing in itself...but it certainly lived up to our expectations! Rent it! You won't be disappointed!

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Rating: - Dark comedy that never really delivers the laughs
Nine Dead Gay Guys is an interesting little film. I don't know that I would qualify it as pure farce or pure dark comedy, but it quite well could be a mix of both. Unfortunately, it never rises above silliness in its attempt at humor, leaving the viewer wondering where the laughter is.

Straight Irish lad Kenny follows his also straight mate Byron to London upon Byron's assurance that he's gotten lucrative employment. Much to Kenny's chagrin, there is no job, Byron was lying. Byron lives as a squatter in an abandoned building drinking himself blind and earning money to pay for it by providing sexual services to the men at the local gay pub.

Shortly, Kenny gets sucked into the whole "gay for pay" scheme.

The plot revolves around Kenny and Byron trying to hunt down a supposed stash of cash in the bed of a gay man called "The Queen". However, as they move on their merry way to find the money they accidentally leave behind a trail of dead bodies.

All of this could have been much funnier if the script and direction had been tighter. The lead actors are up to the task and are quite likable and talented. However, the sum of the parts does not provide a really cohesive storyline.

It's really just a fair film that could have faired better, I think, with a stronger hand directing the action and a more competent hand at editing.

Pleasant, but not really worth bothering.

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