Sunday Sauce – Review and Summary
A down-low man’s worst fear comes true.
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“Sunday Sauce” Film Details
- Director(s): Matt Campanella
- Writer(s): Matt Campanella
- Distributor: NewFest
- Runtime: 0 Hour(s) and 14 Minutes
- Public Release Date (Film Festival – NewFest [More Coverage Of The 2025 Film Festival]): October 9, 2025
- Genre(s): Comedy, Horror, LGBT+
- Content Rating: Not Rated
- Primary Language: English
- Official Site Link
Movie Summary
Gino is DL, Italian, married, with a pregnant daughter and a mother who may only be Italian by marriage, but you’d never guess it. Luckily/unluckily for Gino, his wife is in a coma, has been for over a year, which gives him some form of an ability to be a whore on Grindr, and perhaps other apps. What he never prepped for, however, was for a twunk, Marco, whom he was talking to, to show up for Sunday dinner, ready to play out the fantasy both of them were building up towards.
Cast and Characters
Gino (Matthew Risch)
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- Character Summary: Gino Is a father, a husband, someone’s son, who, because of his heritage and titles, is on the down low, regarding his sexuality and his desires.
Marco (Matt Campenella)
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- Character Summary: Marco is a self-described twunk (a thick twink – young, generally skinny, gay guy) who is going to Cornell to be a doctor. He is also one of the few people who know Gino’s secret.
What To Expect In “Sunday Sauce” (Not Rated) – Content Overview
- Dialog:
- Cursing: Occasional
- Graphic Imagery or Violence:
- Gore/ Blood/ Body Horror: Notable Disfigurement
- Sexual Content:
- Sexual Situations: Implied
- Miscellaneous:
- Drinking: Yes
- Smoking: Yes
Review and Commentary
Highlight(s)
- Every DL/Discreet Person’s Nightmare
Low Point(s)
- The Lobster Claw Felt Unnecessary
Overall
Our Rating (76/100): Mixed (Divisive)
For anyone who has ever been questioning or beyond, you know a DL (down low) person’s worst fear is their personal life and sexual life, or appetite, colliding. So, for many, I can imagine them seeing this as a horror movie. But, while there was a lot that could play out, and does, that can be seen as interesting, part of it gets ruined by Gino’s hand becoming a claw.
To me, the money spent on that could have been saved by going deeper into Gino’s repressed sexuality, the chaos of the Sunday dinner, or developing how long he has been looking into taking his desires from his head to the physical realm. You don’t see a huge amount of DL horror/comedy movies, and to me, Sunday Sauce missed its opportunity to stand out in a better way.
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