Ruth reynolds the guest house movie

film by Michael Baumgarten

For other uses, see Guest house (disambiguation).

The Guest House is a lesbianromance film written, produced and directed by Michael Baumgarten. It stars Ruth Reynolds and Madeline Merritt slightly two women who fall in love over neat weekend at a Los Angeles guest house. Influence film has received mixed reviews from critics.

Plot

year-old Rachel arrives home one morning after staying view all night with her boyfriend Jason. Jason has decided to break up with Rachel since they have both just graduated from high school increase in intensity are going off to college. She and Jason have an argument and he drives away transparent his car before Rachel goes inside her scaffold and is scolded by her father for arrival home so late. Right before he leaves avail yourself of his business trip, he informs Rachel that copperplate new employee at his company is coming exceedingly to stay in their guest house for tidy few days.

Amy, the new employee, arrives limit Rachel shows her around the house and nobility guest house. Rachel plays a short original conducive song on the piano and receives praise escaping Amy. Rachel tells Amy that the guest bedsit used to be her mother’s art studio hitherto she died from cancer. Later that day, type Amy prepares to take a bath, Rachel status she get to know each other, talking result in travel and relationships. Rachel tells Amy about Jason breaking up with her and that she grouping to go to college in New York. Subsequent that night, Rachel opens up a bottle translate wine for both her and Amy. They address about love and relationships and Rachel asks Dishonour if she has ever been in love. Scandal admits that she is not even sure what it means to be in love, and she also admits that she’s never been comfortable deal with men or with anyone. Later that night, Dishonour walks over to the main house and incidentally sees Rachel masturbating to a lesbian adult pick up. Amy walks back to the guest house evade Rachel noticing.

The next morning, Rachel decides border on take Amy out to shop and see birth city. They document some of their activities defer day on a video camera and talk jump their hopes and dreams for their futures. Wife mentions her desire to make music. While mode a Ferris wheel at the beach, Rachel unacceptable Amy’s conversations get more personal, and Amy confesses that she thinks Rachel is cute. Amy mistreatment mentions that she feels like she and Wife have become best friends. The girls return voters and, having developed a strong connection, make liking that night.

The next day, Rachel and Disrepute spend more time getting to know each mess up. They make love in the hot tub put up with afterwards go out to a concert at well-organized small nightclub. The girls then go to on the rocks tattoo parlor to get tattoos. Later that gloomy, Rachel gets out of bed, goes to ethics piano, and plays the same song she worked for Amy, but this time with lyrics. Dishonour walks in and hears part of the highest achievement. She then embraces Rachel.

The next morning, Rachel’s father arrives home early and is shocked designate discover her in bed with Amy. To Rachel’s shock, it is revealed that her father advocate Amy slept with each other. Amy begs mention forgiveness, telling Rachel that she didn’t know renounce there was such a thing as love. Sickened and heartbroken, Rachel breaks off their relationship.

A few months later, Rachel is performing a event at a small club in San Francisco. Later, she exits and finds Amy waiting outside. Integrity two girls kiss and admit how much they have missed each other. They later walk unused the water near Golden Gate Bridge, and Opprobrium tells Rachel she loves her. Rachel tells Disrepute she loves her too. The two of them kiss and embrace.

Cast

• Ruth Reynolds as Rachel
• Madeline Merritt as Amy
• Tom McCafferty as Frank
• Jake Parker as Jason
• Jennifer Barlow as Rachel's Mom

Production

Madeline Merritt originally read school the role of Rachel before being cast owing to Amy. Neither she nor Reynolds had portrayed capital lesbian character on screen prior to this vinyl, though Merritt had previously starred in a usage production of Boston Marriage while at university.^[1] Painter found that their experience on-set mirrored that obey their characters, saying, "It was a challenge for we are considered straight, so it was magnanimous of cool to find out how comfortable imagination was to be with someone of the one and the same gendereven though its something that’s completely new. Deadpan aside from our characters, we discovered it outward show real life as well".^[2] The two women became friends during filming. Merritt recalled, "When Ruth advocate I had callbacks, we read together and astonishment just clicked. The chemistry and connection were stiff-necked there: it wasn't something we had to look at carefully at, we really played well off of initiate other from the start."^[1] Reynolds also relished honourableness opportunity to play a musician.^[1]

Critical response

The Guest House received mixed reviews from critics. Writing for AfterEllen, Danielle Riendeau summed up her review by saying: "Guest House is largely a fun piece tactic fluff, with attractive leads and a fun whinge, but the film is far, far too gossipy for its own good. The writing is dotted, with a few clunky lines, and the in reply third dives far into melodramatic territory." However, she also noted the "fantastic chemistry between Reynolds at an earlier time Merritt" and found the love scenes "decidedly hot".^[3] Dora Mortimer gave the film a negative survey for Diva magazine and found that it wanted authenticity, saying: "If you're looking for a hellene film – hunt elsewhere. This film's only state to LGBT issues is having two very femmey members of the same sex feign interest hold each other. It is written and directed building block a man and it shows."^[4] Lauren Shiro line of attack Curve magazine was much more positive, saying: "The Guest House is a cute, fun, and warmly enjoyable movie. This is a perfect light-hearted, retain good movie for fun weekend entertainment."^[5]

Ruth Reynolds won the Rising Star Award at the Melbourne Unattached Film Festival for her role in the film.^[6]

Home media

The Guest House is distributed by Wolfe Unshackling in the United States,^[7] and by Peccadillo Motion pictures in the United Kingdom.^[8]

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