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The Skinny is a american film of genre Drama directed by Patrik-Ian Polk released in USA on 10 february 2012 with Jussie Smollett

The Skinny (2012)

The Skinny
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Released in USA 10 february 2012
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama,    Romance
Rating61% 3.0948153.0948153.0948153.0948153.094815

The Skinny is a 2012 American romantic comedy-drama film from the creator of the LOGO television series, Noah's Arc. It was released on April 6, 2012 in select theaters.

Synopsis

Magnus (Jussie Smollett), an affluent young medical student, is happily in a five-month relationship with his boyfriend, Ryan (Dustin Ross). Magnus's Brown University college friends join him in New York City for Gay Pride for the weekend: lesbian Yale University PhD student and gay-porn aficionado Langston (Shanika Warren-Markland); innocent and sometimes childlike Sebastian (Blake Young-Fountain), who has just come back from a year in Paris paid for by his parent's trust fund; promiscuous Kyle (Anthony Burrell), now living in Los Angeles and enjoying a career in film production; and witty and sarcastic Joey (Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman). Ryan gives Magnus the weekend alone to enjoy his time with his friends, and Magnus reveals to them that he and Ryan have agreed on a six-month abstinence pledge so they can appreciate one another more deeply than the physical level. Magnus takes them all to see the former home of Langston Hughes in Harlem, and the group reflects on their cultural history, while Magnus and Sebastian recite lines from Hughes's poetry.

Actors

Jussie Smollett

(Magnus)Darryl Stephens

(Nurse)Blake Young-Fountain

(Sebastian)Shanika Warren-Markland

(Langston)Seth Gilliam

(Testing Van Doc)Wilson Cruz

(Dr. Vasquez)
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