Strike a Pose

The approach could have been a little more hard-hitting, but it's a moving account of the way one huge opportunity can unbalance the life that follows.

The film isn't overly interested in gory details, however; it prefers to push a narrative of hope and healing, so much so that it concludes with a reunion dinner wherein The Queen of Pop is absolved in absentia.

The affecting film is absent of the truth or dare it had the potential for.

Like Alice Neel’s portraits, Strike a Pose gives its subject the attention they deserve. The men return the favor by sharing their stories with honesty, forthrightness and fantastic attitudes.