Breakfast With Scot Critic Reviews
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Based upon 7 Critic Reviews- Highest Rated
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Why is Breakfast With Scot in theaters instead of set for broadcast on the Lifetime, Hallmark or ABC Family channels?Read the full review
A feel-good tale with undeniably good intentions, this Canadian comedy-drama doesn't really manage to convince on any level.Read the full review
Suffused with the bargain-basement blandness of an Afterschool Special, Breakfast with Scot is the kind of gay-themed pic that won't ruffle the feathers of a granny in Manitoba, though it's bound to make more discerning auds groan.Read the full review
Has a sitcom format, but complex emotions and perceptions keep breaking through the surface in an engaging, thoughtful manner.Read the full review
Deserves sympathetic attention, if only for the family-values specifics loaded into the story, and the way mildmannered stars Ben Shenkman (Angels in America) and Tom Cavanagh (Ed) embrace their instructional roles.Read the full review
For its courage to address a ticklish subject with warmhearted humor, Breakfast With Scot, adapted from a novel by Michael Downing, deserves a light round of applause.Read the full review
This is territory previously covered in the French film "Ma Vie en Rose," which took a relatively more sophisticated view of both a child's self-expression and adults' discomfort over it.Read the full review
