The Gist:
Best friends from college, three gay men and a lesbian, get together for New York gay pride weekend. One discovers something about his boyfriend, two can't get laid, one can't ever stop having sex, and the last, a virgin, is desperately in love with his oversexed friend. Drugs, liquor, lies, and drama ensues.
Comments:
I had a little bit of difficulty connecting to the characters because they are all essentially trust fund kids. They come from monied families where getting a condo or a year long European trip as a graduation present is expected and normal. With two exceptions that is, one of the young men isn't merely exceedingly well off, he's just out and out mega-rich, while another is "living on public assistance" ghetto projects poor. There are no middle class African-Americans in the story. None of the major characters at least.
The other connection difficulty was of characterization. One of the guys is shown as super innocent to the point of willful dis-knowledge to way the world works, which makes him a bit too unrealistic to be believable, although super innocent is at least a more interesting trait than the main protagonist's defining characteristic, that he's perfect.
Structure wise, it sort of feels like several episodes of a TV or web series strung together rather than a singular movie.
Which all sounds like I didn't like it, which isn't true. Production and acting are good and while the story goes a little too melodrama for my personal taste, overall it's a good movie.
Women:
Two
People of color:
Yes
Gratuitous nudity:
Yes
- Director: Patrik-Ian Polk
- Writer: Patrik-Ian Polk
- Actors: Jussie Smollett, Anthony Burrell, Blake Young-Fountain, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Jennia Fredrique
- 103 min
- IMDB
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