This tearjerker drama begins with a promising premise: 18-year-old Gosh (pronounced “Josh”) is without a home following the death of his grandmother, who took him in while his father awaits unlikely parole from prison. Keeping his head down at a shelter, Gosh (Michael McDowell in a lost puppy performance) spends his days trying to navigate his changed circumstances, availing himself of library services, looking for work (with not much of a chance, given his reduced hygiene), and scrounging dollars to take a long bus ride to see his father. In scattered moments, Gosh recalls playing guitar in a band, and he briefly evades the sympathetic attention of an older homeless man who represents for Gosh an unwanted destiny. But Homeless begins to falter when Gosh’s ill fortunes plateau and every effort to change his life is undercut. Despite a chapter in the film where Gosh gets a little help from strangers, the script by co-writer and director Clay Riley Hassler mostly turns shapeless and monotonous. Optional. (T. Keogh)
Homeless
Dreamscape, 92 min., not rated, DVD: $24.99, Oct. 23 Volume 33, Issue 5
Homeless
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