2019 Directed by Richard Wong
Three young men with disabilities embark on a road trip to a brothel in Montreal catering to people with special needs to lose their virginity and embrace their independence. Inspired by a true story and remake of the Belgian film Hasta La Vista
Hans Canosa Geoffrey Enthoven Mariano Vanhoof Grant Rosenmeyer Kelly Waller Jacqueline E. Ingram John Baca Markie Glassgow Ted Reilly Barrett Stuart
My best friend made a movie.
He read a script he loved in a workshop seven years ago and never forgot about it. He'd make a point to check up on the rights every six months or so, until the powers that be finally let him take a crack at putting it together.
For the past three years, this film has been his whole life. He built it from the ground up, operating on his own without any sort of net. He attached to the cast, among others, Oscar nominee Gabourey Sidibe and Janeane Garofalo. He found a director -- Richard Wong, supremely talented -- and independent financing himself. Franklin Leonard and The Black List later came on as co-producers…
COME AS YOU ARE - Three men with disabilities hire a woman to drive them to Canada so they can visit a brothel and lose their virginity. The film’s three leads are fantastic and the movie does a great job of exploring the infantilization that the disabled can feel in a funny and charming way. #sxsw2019
A roaring comedy about disability. Come As You Are finds new and refreshing ground with a common comedy plotline. With tons of heart and many laughs, this is a must see.
This movie was fantastic! This is how you make a movie with a little bit of raunchiness that is also packed to the brim with heart and humor. This movie had me laughing constantly all while it tried to drive me to tears. I loved the characters and the crazy journey they took so it was easy to be invested in this film. This is a movie that can make you feel sad, but when it's over, you'll feel better for having seen it. The movie imparts life lessons along with some dirty humor and I loved every second of it. This movie will make you smile and it gets a serious recommendation from me.
“Come As You Are” was a very surprising film, I expected a sort of raunchy film with some heart , but wow this was more heart than comedy. It follows a traveling nurse who takes three disabled men on a road trip to Montreal so they can lose their virginity at a brothel. While the films main narrative may have you feel you’re in for a raunch fest, it chose to not focus on that. Instead telling a very heartwarming and touching story of wanting to be accepted and friendship. It gave a new spin to the sex comedy genre. The film is based on a real life road trip which made what I saw hit the feels a bit…
This movie was fantastic! This is how you make a movie with a little bit of raunchiness that is also packed to the brim with heart and humor. This movie had me laughing constantly all while it tried to drive me to tears. I loved the characters and the crazy journey they took so it was easy to be invested in this film. This is a movie that can make you feel sad, but when it's over, you'll feel better for having seen it. The movie imparts life lessons along with some dirty humor and I loved every second of it. This movie will make you smile and it gets a serious recommendation from me.
Such a heartfelt movie. Absolutely hilarious and hits all the right notes. Emotional stuff towards the ending had me for good.
Picture this: a group of three horny bros hit the road for a cross-country journey to a brothel after making a pact to lose their virginity. It’s the familiar plot of a mildly raunchy sex comedy you’ve seen dozens of times before, but “Come As You Are” throws in a bit of a twist, as the three young men in question are all disabled. The story may not be wholly original, but the characters are.
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I really enjoyed this movie. I didn't see Hasta La Vista, which this is a remake of. But I liked this movie a lot. I love a good indie comedy. This would go well with another movie I love, Good Luck, staring Gregory Hines and Vincent D'Onofrio. You don't see a lot of movies about people with disabilities and far less in a raunchy comedy. The cast are really good. I loved Scotty, played by Grant Rosenmeyer, who was one of Ben Stiller's kids in The Royal Tenenbaums. Most importantly this movie is funny. Yes, there are some little flaws here and there. But this is a good, little movie and more people should see it.
this film is a breath of fresh air for me bc in almost very film with disabled characters out there tries to earn our sympathy by showing scene after scene what is to be like a physically disabled person but the thing is they don't want our sympathy lol all they want from us is to treat them as normal people...Its very rare that we get films that show real problems of this people rather than using their disabilities as a cheap tool to create sympathy..Thats y i fucking loved Peranbu (2019), it showed what is considered as taboo in our society, it talked about real problems of these people and its not all as light as this, its so dark i mean its one of the darkest film i have seen.. This film is a remake of 2011 Belgian film of the same title but i haven't seen that film but this remake was so beautiful n funny..
I weeped, I laugh, I enjoy.. just not as much as one would think. I was worried it would be problematic since. One of the actors had disabilities. Not as much as you would think. Lukewarm road trip comedy. [B-]
Funny, touching, raunchy. This movie makes some impressive and important strides for visibility in its narrative , but I knocked off a few stars for the uneven tone and the fact that no disabled actors were used at all. Cast disabled actors to play disabled people. PLEASE.
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