Review of Down Low

Down Low (2023)
9/10
No one prepared me for this.
26 April 2024
The blurb for this movie does not tell you anything about what you will experience while watching it. Simon Rex in the cast should have given me a hint, but I was not ready. When I say it was an experience, I mean I ran an emotional gamut watching this that makes it one of the most memorable movies I've seen in a while. I don't want to get into spoiler territory because it should all be watched and appreciated in its full, unspoiled glory.

The beginning was shockingly cringe sex stuff to a degree where even I was watching through my fingers because OMG the mouth that Cameron has on him! Then the hilariously dark shocks start and I was so there for that. The arrival of Simon Rex's "Fleshpuppet" character brought laughs galore especially when the crack came out.

That is one scene that I absolutely must mention because it is my favorite and has had Higher by Vincint playing on repeat in my head for days. We get a fun music video moment with a very touching "Is this what it's like" that kind of breaks me when I really think about it. I won't spoil the moment that makes this one my my favorite laugh out loud scenes of the movie, but I will say the reason I love it so much is because of how it reminds me of AAH! Zombies where we go from how events are playing out in the zombies' head to how living people are seeing them in that moment. I nearly died laughing and rewatched the scene more times than I can count.

Back to the shocking movie twists and moments, the way I gasped at the next scene then howled with laughter because WOW dark. So dark. Loved it. Then we get sweet, romantic moments followed quickly by the end we all knew was coming, but it still caused my eyes to spring a massive leak. It wasn't a tearjerker Terms of Endearment or Beaches level ending, it was just so beautiful and perfect for the movie. I streamed this on Netflix and want to buy a physical copy so badly, but refuse to believe there is not a blooper reel hiding somewhere waiting for a blu-ray release. I want all the special features for this and need them now, please.
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