Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Long-Term Relationship (U.S. 2006)




The Gist:
X = Mr. Slutty Gay
Y = Old fashioned romantic gay man new to town. 

Looking for a relationship Y takes out an ad in a gay newspaper. Yes, considering it's actually not that old, the movie is already badly dated. Anyway, tired of his slutty life X answers the ad. X meets Y. They date and fall in love, but have a problem. Can they make a relationship work when X + Y = terrible sex?

Comments: 
The silly equation of X + Y = terrible sex is an over simplification. The two leads have many other issues beyond sex. In fact so much time is spent showing us that these guys are not a good match that no amount of counterpoint "we are so cute together" montages can overcome the negatives. 

Despite an unrealistic romantic comedy "everything will work out in the end" attitude, a mutual love of Douglas Adams' work is probably not the core value needed for a successful relationship to work. In the real world they would make much better friends than husbands.

Questionable romance aside, The acting ranged from ok to fairly good, I liked that it was pointed out that our slutty protagonist uses condoms, and overall the movie was good enough that while not great, it wasn't exactly bad either, just a little boring.

Women:
Two and a half. The half being an off screen voice. 

People of Color:
One female best friend. 

Gratuitous nudity:
Full frontal within the first five minutes, so yes.


  • Director: Rob Williams
  • Writer: Rob Williams
  • Actors: Matthew Montgomery, Windham Beacham
  • 97 min
  • IMDB

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