All the stories in this documentary look at hustlers in LA are different, and yet they're all the same.

After a hard day turning tricks, Maurice just wants to go home to his wife and kids to lounge on the couch and watch BET. Scott, on the other hand, has no illusions about love: "You can't turn a ho into a housewife." David breaks down and cries because he's just bro­ ken up with his lover of four years ("speed changes people"); his constant weeping is ruining his livelihood, because "the customers want you happy." Cody, who's into sarcasm and pain, says he hopes everybody from his old high school in Minneapolis is watching, then proceeds to put out a cigarette between his ass cheeks.

The common threads that emerge from these interviews are stories of child molesta­tion, parental rejection, drugs, loneliness, low self-esteem, more drugs. All these guys have made a profit selling sex, and all of them — even the most successful and self-assured — have paid a price. By letting the hustlers speak for themselves, 101 Rent Boys renders no judg­ments and leaves us with some fascinating, indelible images.