Sequin in a Blue Room
A teenager tries to track down a man he met at an anonymous sex party, trawling through hook-up apps to find him.
Top Cast
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Conor Leach
Sequin
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Anthony Brendan Wong
Virginia
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Ed Wightman
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Jeremy Lindsay Taylor
Dad
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Samuel Barrie
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Tsu Shan Chambers
Teacher
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Simon Croker
Tommy
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Darren Kumar
Henry
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Nancy Dennis
Ari
Overview
A teenager tries to track down a man he met at an anonymous sex party, trawling through hook-up apps to find him.
Rating
5.9
/ 10
34 Reviews 1 Popular
3 Reviews
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SWITCH.6 Aug 15, 2020'Sequin in a Blue Room', gets points for telling a queer Australian story and starting a conversation about the often-toxic hook-up culture in the gay community - it just doesn't fully nail the landing. - Chris dos Santos Read Chris' full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-sequin-in-a-blue-room-dips-toe-into-hook-up-culture-conversation-but-is-afraid-to-dive-in
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TwiceONCE20164 Jul 27, 2022SEQUIN IN A BLUE ROOM (2019) is a cold and emotionless film - like the lead character - that rarely captures the interest. The cinematography and score are stronger points but with a lead character like this it's not a world I care to revisit.
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CinemaSerf6 Jun 2, 2026Though I thought Conor Leach turned in quite a decent performance here, the story itself is a bit lightweight, sterile and it stretches the imagination just a little too much - even from the perspective of an infatuated teenager. "Sequin" is addicted to anonysex. He meets older guys online and dressed only in a blue sequinned top, he turns up and usually ends up being pinned to the mattress by some random. Then one afternoon at school he is distracted from the delights of "Wuthering Heights" by an invitation to a bit of an orgy, and so off he goes. No names, no chat - just his sort of thing until he encounters a young lad who, for the first time, actually piques his interest. When he is then left with an intriguing challenge, "Sequin" finds his desire to track down his new obsession puts him at loggerheads with both his fairly tolerant dad and with one of his former dalliances whom he tries to use to get to his mystery man. Will he manage to find him, and what are the chances that his happy family fantasy might ever come true? There is one scene at the conclusion that did rather ring true for anyone whose thoughts on first love are all smiley, shiny and perpetual, but the rest of this is all a bit far-fetched as the plot struggles to really get off the ground. It's not a bad looking effort, but the audio mix isn't the best and it's reliance on on-screen text message chats to substantiate the story can make it hard to follow on a small screen. As films about sexual awakenings go, it's worth a watch but it's all just a bit basic.
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