Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

preppy-3 Bob (Alexis Arquette) and Brendan (Christian Maelen) were college roommates who are both gay and attracted to each other but never came out while in school. Years later they meet at a reunion where a straight friend of theirs is getting married. Bob has a boyfriend--hunky Sterling (Tuc Watkins) but still has feelings for Brendan. And Brendan still wants Bob...I caught this back in 1997 at a small independent theatre. I loved it so much I went back to see it again the same week (something I never do). The picture was very low budget--and it shows. The threadbare sets are a distraction. Arquette said the production kept running out of money. Also the cast mostly consisted of unknowns. Still this has a good script, energetic performances and complications spinning out of control. It's also very tame in terms of gay sex--there's no nudity (the closest we get is seeing Maelen in his underwear) and kisses are done off screen (when Watkins kisses Arquette you hear it but don't see it). Usually that makes me angry but this was made to appeal to all audiences. A fun light-hearted movie. Well worth seeing. Also interesting to see Marni Nixon on screen and not dubbing somebody's singing voice!

moonspinner55 A gay 20-something and his commitment-minded TV-star boyfriend attend the wedding of a straight college friend, which brings up relationship issues and who's-attracted-to-who predicaments. In the lead, Alexis Arquette (who resembles Jerry Seinfeld) can't seem to get his character out of the doldrums; mopey most of the time, with his hands deep in his pockets, his eyes always seem to be fixed on the ground. Some of the supporting players are cute, Maddie Corman can always be counted on for some extra energy, and the modest film has a squirrelly edge (as when a straight couple makes out to the Partridge Family!). Overall, a bit undernourished, but not callow. The movie is lightly peppered with amusing throwaway lines and it doesn't tip-toe around the gay characters, which is a nice change for queer cinema. ** from ****

fjciii This movie is so dreadfully awful, I can't believe I sat through it just to see how this miserable, unfunny, and poorly acted, directed, and written pathetic excuse for a movie would end. RUN... RUN... RUN for the hills if you ever come across it. The clichés are horrible, the acting no better than a high school play, and the lead character is the most annoying I've ever seen. He's self-loathing, psychopathic, and a twit. The supporting cast are a bunch of cardboard cut-outs and poor excuses to the word "actor." Some earlier reviewer said that this movie is up there with "Beautiful Thing." Are you kidding me?!?!?!?!? My guess would be that the writer of the film patterned the Bob character after himself, which would explain a lot. People don't deserve to be subjected to such trash.

keala This is just so charming. It's funny and sprightly and very feel-good. After decades of providing anonymous musical vocals for Hollywood actors, Marni Nixon gets an engaging supporting role here as Aunt Alice. Somehow, that's just so right for this movie. I also especially liked Lauren Velez as Carol and Tuc Watkins as Sterling, but all the actors did a fine job (some of them aren't bad looking either).What really strikes a chord with me, though, is its wish-fulfillment. This film is the ultimate revenge fantasy of anyone who's ever seen - or been - a gay man cruelly disdained by some gorgeous heterosexual object of desire. It revels in poor repentant Brendan's predicament...but it does it in the sweetest, most adoring way possible.I saw this at our local art academy, where it was apparently brought back by popular demand. The audience was laughing and hooting throughout more than for any other movie I've seen. I was as gleeful as the rest of them.