67%User score 67 percent
Adopt a Highway
2019 · Drama
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6 votes
GOLDEN BOY is the story of James, a young man who gambles on the dangers of being seen versus the quiet life of desperation and invisibility. Saved from doomed nonexistence by CQ, a wealthy debonair businessman with more going on than meets the eye, and introduced to a world he is not ready to navigate. We follow him as he chases his dreams -- while losing himself, one piece at a time. GOLDEN BOY is a story with universal themes. Trust. Seduction. Betrayal. Redemption.
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CinemaSerf
November 16, 2025
“James” (Mark Elias) is down on his luck when casual acquaintance “Houston” (Logan Donovan) suggests that he might make a decent living working the park at night. That doesn’t prove very successful but on his way home, he encounters the wealthy “CQ” (Lex Medlin) whom he’d done some grocery deliveries for before. This man takes pity on the lad and invites him back to stay at his, platonically and no strings, until he…
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