Plainclothes
2025 - 95 MINUTES - USA - ENGLISH
A FILM BY CARMEN EMMI
CAST: Tom Blyth (THE HUNGER GAMES: THE BALLAD OF SONGBIRDS & SNAKES), Russell Tovey (AMERICAN HORROR STORY, LOOKING), Maria Dizzia (CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER'S POINT, WHILE WE'RE YOUNG)
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At his mother’s New Year’s Eve party Lucas, a young police officer, loses a letter no one was ever meant to read. Amid the backdrop of the suffocating family party, the search for the letter unlocks memories of a past he’s tried to forget: months earlier, while working undercover in a mall bathroom, Lucas arrested men by seducing them. But when he encounters Andrew, everything changes. What begins as another setup becomes something far more electric and intimate. As their secret connection deepens and police pressure to deliver arrests intensifies, Lucas finds himself torn between duty and desire. With time running out and his past closing in, PLAINCLOTHES builds toward a New Year’s Eve reckoning where everything he’s buried threatens to erupt.
“‘Plainclothes’ is a coming-of-age drama, a tragic romance, and an espionage thriller all wrapped in a sleek package.” — WeHo Times ★★★½
“Anchored by powerful lead performances and audacious directing, Plainclothes tells a haunting romantic tale that spotlights painful, difficult truths.” — Loud and Clear Reviews
“Led by an outstanding Tom Blyth, Plainclothes is a multidimensional romantic thriller that is worth analyzing from every angle.” — ScreenRant
“Sexy, scary, and occasionally clumsy… Plainclothes is an anxious and unabashed gay drama about social repression and its impacts.” — Slant Magazine
“It’s that reality that fuels Lucas’s initial feelings of shame… Capturing that is a special gift and Blyth delivers.” — TheWrap
“Plainclothes is ultimately a bruising gay tragedy encompassing shame and survival, elevated by inventive visual storytelling and piercing performances.” — Josh at the Movies ★★★★
“In writer/director Carmen Emmi’s new film Plainclothes, we hear Tom Blyth’s character Lucas before we see him… Those juxtapositions will form the thematic crux of the film.” — Everything’s Interesting
“The film is quite harrowing on a few levels…” — Mark Reviews Movies ★★★☆