The Love Patient

2011 "When Candy and Flowers Don’t Do the Trick"
5| 1h35m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 06 May 2011 Released
Producted By: TLA Releasing
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.thelovepatient-movie.com/
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A handsome and self-centered ad executive pretends he has life-threatening cancer to win back the love of his ex.

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Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.
Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.
hddu10 ...without the humor. Like every episode of Seinfeld, "The Love Patient" is unfortunately derivative of the very Jewish, campy genre of "protagonist lies to get his way, then spends the rest of the episode/story covering it up, despite a series of "close calls" until it just all falls apart at the end...but really doesn't, because it all works out". Oy...for this we wasted 90 minutes? Feh! Benjamin Lutz, is completely incapable of carrying-off a lead role, but the director is hoping that his many close-ups and ridiculous cutesy poses with the other hotter guys will distract the viewers from this painful reality. This is the kind of bad/bordering on embarrassing film that keeps the gay genre relegated to local film festivals.
johnsimpsonbooks This movie had been recommended by friends for me to watch and so I rented it from Amazon.com.I found it to be a funny, entertaining, and fast moving story filled with good looking actors who know their craft. Everyone played their parts to near perfection. I loved the two main characters who were lovers, broke up and one comes up with a crazy plan to get his X, the hot looking Brad, back. While an eyebrow may rise once in a while, it is pure joy to behold. It is a good deal better than many indie produced gay movies that I've seen in the past. I urge you to view the movie and make up your own mind instead of buying the bile that has been puked forward by some on this review page.
toantom I don't know what the problem is with some of the other reviewers, but based on their comments that they saw it at QFest, I'm guessing something along the lines of "jealousy" would be appropriate.I was privileged to screen this movie while it was making the festival circuit. As with all festival movies, I watched it with no expectations - I go in expecting nothing, watching them with an open mind to see what I see.What I found in The Love Patient was a movie that was clearly filmed with a low budget, but a great deal of heart and considerable considerable effort on the part of the cast and crew.Was this a Hollywood blockbuster? No, of course not. Was it a multi-camera, special effects extravaganza, nope. Was it a well acted, well written and well directed movie that gets its point across - absolutely.I have been an aficionado of independent gay movies. I frequently scour the Netflix movie list for anything even remotely gay, so I can screen them and check them out. In that pursuit I have seen some horribly awful movies in the written by/directed by/starring category. This movie is not one of them.Was this movie Latter Days, 24 Days of Christmas or other such gems? No, it wasn't. Was it an enjoyable, humorous romp of the typical romcom variety? Yes it was.What is honestly reminded me of was an episode of Three's Company or I Love Lucy. Character gets a crazy idea to win back the love of his life. Whacky plan is implemented. Craziness ensues, including crazier family, misunderstandings and miscommunication, brushes with illegality, moral ambiguities, then ultimately the right decision is made.Adding to the whole package is an extremely attractive cast led by Benjamin Lutz, John Wersky, Jackson Palmer and the lovely Madison Gray.As mentioned earlier, obviously budgets were limited so clearly sets were improvised and re-used. The careful viewer can see that the same sets where re-used for different scenes - but who cares? The "moral" of the story comes across easily, and the acting is - IMHO - superb. It's clear that well made movies do NOT take multi-million dollar budgets.My hat goes off to write/director Michael Simon. He clearly had a vision for this movie, he gave his heart and soul to it and he made it happen. It is a whacky romantic comedy that may not be for everyone, but despite some of the (clearly disgruntled) reviews on IMDb this is a good movie that deserves to be seen. Judge this movie on its merits, not on other peoples' biased reviews (who probably are deeply involved in competing movies from the festival circuit).Watch the movie, enjoy it, and make your own decision from there. I'll bet you will enjoy it and have fun.
Agustin Cruz I loved the film. It's like a mainstream romantic-comedy except the leads happen to be two HOT (masculine) gay dudes who have a cool ying and yang thing going on. Paul is an ad exec, just a tad out of control, lives life within spitting distance of the edge, he has a Jim Carrey vibe about him. His sexy-fine boyfriend Brad is more calm and collected, I couldn't help but notice how much he looks like a young Richard Gere (circa: An Officer and a Gentleman). Paul's foolish ways catch up with him and the couple splits, but Paul doesn't sweat it much until Brad starts dating (another fine corn-fed specimen of man) former Bowflex model Ted. Ted's not the sharpest tool in the shed but he's really sweet and super funny. Paul, afraid that he might lose Brad for good, resorts to desperate measures and fakes having cancer. Be prepared to laugh. Hard. Also, there's an awesome bollywood-esque scene to look out for. This is definitely one of the best gay films I've seen in this genre in a long time. Hurry up and make another please.