The Cat and the Moon (2019) was advertised as a "coming of age" movie with Alex Wolff (left) playing an updated Holden Caulfield. So I went in expecting depression, drugs, suicide, heterosexual machinations, and rampant homophobia. I found lots of drugs, suicidal ideations, insanity, and heterosexual romance, but no homophobia, and so many gay subtexts that I couldn't keep track of who was in love with whom.
New Guy (Alex Wolff) moves to New York City while his mom is in rehab, stays with his dad's old buddy (Mike Epps, who reputedly belongs to one of these cocks). He gets involved in a lot stuff. This review will only cover the gay subtext scenes.
Scene 1: New Guy's first day in school. Boyfriend (Giulian Yao Gioello, left), hot for the new guy, befriends him and shows him around.
Scene 2: In algebra class, two stoner buds are playing a game involving fluttering their hands together.
Scene 3: New Guy is in the restroom, trying to get high with a bong made of a toilet paper roll, when the stoner buds come in, bickering like an old married couple and talking like "he got into my motherfuckin' grill, yo."
One stands at the urinal; the other doesn't have to go, so he just stands nearby to get a peek at his bud's penis.
They introduce themselves as Seamus and Russell (Skyler Gisondo, Tommy Nelson). I'll call them Gay Guy and Straight Friend. They invite New Guy to a party Friday night.
"Wait -- will your girlfriend be there?" Gay Guy asks.
"Yes."
"Fuck! You never pay attention to me when she's around." To New Guy: "His balls just evaporate when she's around." That must make sex difficult.
Scene 4; The party was cancelled, so Gay Guy and Boyfriend (from Scene 1) invite New Guy to a club . Straight Friend and his Girlfriend will also be there. So when they go out, it's Straight Friend-Girlfriend and Gay Guy-Boyfriend?
On the way, Gay Guy and Straight Friend argue and break up. The Girlfriend tells New Guy not to worry: they break up all the time, but get back together again. "Honestly, I think they just secretly want to fuck each other." Ok, so it's not a subtext.
They end up partying on the roof. Gay Guy and Straight Friend kiss. Wait, I thought you had other partners.
Later, while the guys are dealing with an overdose, New Guy and The Girlfriend bond.
More after the break