
A seemingly unremarkable man spends a day taking a bizarre test at a mysterious facility. Through his day he interacts with the odd, detached employees of the facility, guiding him from section to section, obscuring the intentions or duration of the test.... (Full plot summary below)
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A seemingly unremarkable man spends a day taking a bizarre test at a mysterious facility. Through his day he interacts with the odd, detached employees of the facility, guiding him from section to section, obscuring the intentions or duration of the test.
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| The New York TimesStephen HoldenAs Frankie, Mr. Marlowe delivers a quiet, moving performance of such subtlety and truthfulness that you almost feel that you are living his life. |
| France24Jon FroschA sly, vibrant, shoestring-budget indie about bodies in glorious motion - and about dance as a revolt against the creeping threat of mortality. |
| Slant MagazineClayton DillardAdept as both timely character study and epochal drama, Test wonderfully manages fully formed humanism without sentimentality. |
| Thompson on HollywoodRyan LattanzioCapture[s] the realities and rhythms of gay urban life without succumbing to the cliches that tend to plague queer cinema. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid Noh...not a whole hell of a lot happens in writer-director Chris Mason Johnson's Test, which looks particularly thin after the recent HBO debut of Larry Kramer's AIDS-themed The Normal Heart. |
| The A.V. ClubDavid EhrlichClumsy metaphors and contrived attempts to articulate Frankie’s fears—especially as he awaits the results of the titular test—diminish the emotional authenticity engendered by Daniel Marks’ hyper-real cinematography and the film’s incisively curated soundtrack. |
| TheWrapInkoo KangWriter-director Chris Mason Johnson's important, assured drama best succeeds as a snapshot of a moment in time when every gay man is forced to decide how AIDS will change his life. |
| Village VoiceChuck WilsonWhen Frankie, an understudy in a small dance company, is given his chance to perform, he, and Test itself, come to life. |
| Seventh RowAlex HeeneyIt's not worth the trek out to a mediocre cinema, but in the comfort of your own home, those dance numbers make it well worth a watch. |
| East Bay ExpressKelly VanceAn observant slice of life from a near-mythical time and place. |