Almost Love

This movie goes absolutely nowhere, acting is mediocre at best. Kate Walsh is completely wasted in this movie. My rating of 5 Stars is even pushing it.

I truly enjoyed Sell By. I found it insightful and thought provoking, yet still laugh out loud funny at moments. This film is well worth your time to watch, and may even cause you to think about relationships, gay and heterosexual, in ways you have not before!

Mild, mindless & harmless way to pass a little time. Actors are all affable. Characters are barley a sketch of actual humans but it is a movie after all...but I don't think we even know what two of the main characters do for a living...yet they're all likably "messed up" in their own ways. Lots of highly photogenic NYC spots. Favorite throwaway line: "OMG The Whitney" as if a NY'er wouldn't know where the Whitney is (you would have to be blind not to see it before you came off the stairs from the Highline - there is an entrance up there)...did make me miss NYC for a hot second. Do a bunch of Wordle (the website not the Times) while you watch it - definitely don't need your whole brain for this. No loose ends and - shocking - everyone is happily paired up at the end.

IDKW they threw in a scene with an alcoholic parent. Is that a last ditch effort to give the character's pain some depth? Did they forget to edit it out? There is no backstory for these characters - there's barely a "now" story, unless you catch a street sign you don't even know where they live. Isn't where you live in NYC as much as your identity as what you do for a living?

I had low hopes going into this movie but it kept my interest, which is why I rated it above average. The stereotypical artsy dysfunctional gay couple with a bad therapist can be found all over LA, Chicago, and NYC. Don't get me wrong, they were a like-able couple, for the most part. I'm just glad the writer didn't make one of them battle a meth or a sex addiction. That would've completed the stereotype.

Furthermore, we have the stereotype of the overweight female friend/hag who is desperate enough to date a homeless guy. We have the stereotypical interracial couple featured in every LGBT movie over the past decade. These characters added some flavor to the gay couple's storyline but largely just there for the sake of diversity. The gay couple redeemed themselves at the end with some proper communication between adults. I'm still not sure why Karl was such a secret. Adam fell in love with Marklin's nurturing personality. Despite the plot holes and stereotypes, it was worth my time. You won't get much better out of typical gay cinema.

This movie is a delightful comic soaper. My only problem is the plot comes across as choppy and not enough info on the secondary characters. (Think Carl) Plus the house in the woods - how did that figure into the story?

The recurring appearance of the ice-cream truck was brilliant!