khaktus I saw this movie with a title "Party Boys". For me, it was NOT about some circuit in L.A., or wherever. It reminded me of the feelings I had - in my party times - every weekend - in the middle of Europe - far away of the gay paradises of the west. This is why I dare to call this portrait more general. Forget about drugs, forget about time and place... the thing that remains is that next-day's "why?" and "nothing more?". All that love-is-in-the-air (that is just the text of the song, not what is present in the atmosphere), all that boys-good-in-bed (that are so bad actually in their imitating of the porn, thinking that THIS IS a sex), all that care-about-your-body that disguises the lack of purpose of the void corpse, all that rainbow-colourfulness (that is the dictate of one color actually - even if different every weekend).Being myself...??? Come on! I loved and still love the parties, music, dancing, nice guys, feeling of something happening - but I don't wanna see just ones side, to get drunk by this "pure happiness"... After one gets drunk, the hangover comes... I like gay culture (subculture, pseudo-culture, whatever), the ideas of colours, unconstrained love, freedom, enjoying of life - but what there really is - is far from this ideal. Uniformity, sex as a sport (who experienced nothing else, will not understand), vogue, must-have-fun must-smile must-laugh for any price... Maybe this is what the director wanted to say.Maybe it's not true about your L.A. circuit - but there's more to feel than to see.

Daniel Humphrey (saltsan) Well… almost. At its best, "Circuit" reminds one of the scope,wit, and compelling nature of PT Anderson's "Boogie Nights" and"Magnolia", or even Robert Altman's "Nashville", and one suspectsthat had the director had more money, a better cast and crew, andmaybe the help of a script doctor, this film could have been asgreat as those films. Despite uneven performances, dialog, andplotting, "Circuit" does a good job of conveying the ambivalenceinherent it the contemporary American circuit scene. Yes, thescene can seem both exciting and shallow at the same time…dangerous and alluring, soulless and sexy, liberating anddestructive. There's no contradiction in conveying that, exceptingthe very real contradictions in life about all things that have mixedbenefits and drawbacks. It's a sign of the filmmakers maturity thatthey can show both sides of the many issues with a good deal ofcomplexity. The biggest drawback, for me anyway, was the film'smelodramatic and contrived ending, murder plot and all. Still, myboyfriend an I were always entertained, staying up till 3 a.m. tofinish this reasonably well-done effort.

RicanRic I thought that Circuit was an average movie. The plot was disjointed and at times confusing. It seems that this is another film with so much potential however, much of it gets lost in some oddly chosen actors and poor acting.One of the things that DID stand out as a positive thing would be the films ability to catch the essence of the Circuit Party. The music (soundtrack is unavaiable as I serach now - I will continue the search though) is fantastic and really sets the stage. The climax of the film happens at the Palm Springs (CA) White Party. For any who are into the (Gay) Circuit Party scene, you'll find this movie interesting but...just average.

preppy-3 A gay, small town cop John (Jonathan Wade Drahow), moves to LA and becomes involved with a high-priced prostitute Hector (Andre Khabbazi) who starts him on drugs and circuit parties. In no time, John is hooked on drugs and destroying his life. The message--drugs and circuit parties are bad. Gee...no kidding!!Very obvious, overlong, boring, disjointed. The plot goes rambling all over the place. There are way too many characters and way too many obvious plots. It's also way too long (130 minutes).As for the acting--boy oh boy! Drahow is horrible in the lead. He's too old for the role and his idea of acting is just grinning stupidly at everything. Even worse is Kiersten Warren as his best straight friend--God was she lousy! Everyone else was just as bad except for Khabbazi--he was very good. He's exceptionally handsome, has a great body and is one hell of an actor. His character is the only one I cared for. There are plenty of handsome guys, great bodies, ample nudity (no frontals though) and fairly explict sex--but you have to put up with lousy acting and a horrible script. The film looks bad too. It's almost worth seeing for the guys--ALMOST! Sadly, this is a must miss.