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9 Dead Gay Guys

9 Dead Gay Guys

Comedy · Crime · 2002

The story of two lads from Belfast as they stumble their way through the London gay underworld in search of 'gainful employment'. This being the offering of sexual favours to older gay men in order to subsidise their respective giros. 9 Dead Gay Guys is a high-camp send-up of gay stereotypes.

Movie details

9 Dead Gay Guys

“Who's next?”

2002 Comedy · Crime 1h 23m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.2 / 10

1.6K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

23 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

21 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

The story of two lads from Belfast as they stumble their way through the London gay underworld in search of 'gainful employment'. This being the offering of sexual favours to older gay men in order to subsidise their respective giros. 9 Dead Gay Guys is a high-camp send-up of gay stereotypes.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over 9 Dead Gay Guys?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Lab Ky Mo

Written by

Lab Ky Mo

G

Glen Mulhern

Kenny

Brendan Mackey

Brendan Mackey

Byron

K

Karen Sharman

The Iron Lady

Simon Godley

Simon Godley

Golders Green

Raymond Griffiths

Raymond Griffiths

The Desperate Dwarf

Steven Berkoff

Steven Berkoff

Jeff

Michael Praed

Michael Praed

The Queen

Court is in session

Put 9 Dead Gay Guys on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Popcorn Loyalist

“It owes the canon nothing.”

The movie pursues immediacy and audience pleasure without begging institutions to certify its worth.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Easy pleasure, short half-life.”

It moves efficiently through the moment but offers little reason to keep arguing once the credits end.