Johns (1997)

This is a movie that offers a convincing slice-of-life portrait but ultimately fails to satisfy because not enough happens. It's a hot Christmas Eve in Los Angeles, and street hustler John (David ""Famous Brother" " Arquette) wakes up barefoot and broke. His favourite "lucky" sneakers have been nicked, and with them the $300 he was hoping to spend on a night in the best hotel in town. With the help of Donner (Haas), a naive newcomer who looks up to the veteran rent boy, John sets out to re-earn the pilfered moolah, mainly via a variety of male clients (including kindly Elliott Gould). Suffice to say, it all ends in tears and sore bottoms - - and that's about it.

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