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Follows two New York City couples, one heterosexual and one gay, who explore the peaks and the valleys of their respective relationships.Follows two New York City couples, one heterosexual and one gay, who explore the peaks and the valleys of their respective relationships.Follows two New York City couples, one heterosexual and one gay, who explore the peaks and the valleys of their respective relationships.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
August Amarino
- Drunk Patron
- (as Augi Amarino)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe flashback in the beginning of the film takes place in 1987. The remaining film takes place in 2005.
- Alternate versionsThe DVD release of the film contains several deleted and extended scenes with commentary from writer/director/star Craig Chester. The scenes are included in the film's novelization, also written by Chester. Most of the scenes were cut for time. The scenes featured on the DVD are:
- An extended version of Adam's (Chester) opening visit to the support group
- Adam saves Rhonda (Parker Posey) from a relapse into her food addiction at a barbecue restaurant
- Adam recounts to Steve (Malcolm Gets) a sexual experience he had with a mime
- Adam and Steve get ready to go country dancing
- An extended version of the party at Steve's apartment, including more scenes with Jeff and Jeff's adopted daughter Ling-Ling
- An extended version of Michael (Chris Kattan) telling Adam about Steve's past
- Adam and Steve have a fight after Steve's party
- An extended version of the dinner party with Adam, Steve, and Steve's parents
- Michael wakes up to find Steve is not home and realizes he doesn't know how to operate without him (he tries to make coffee and realizes he doesn't know how)
- Rhonda and Michael make out when Michael tempts Rhonda with a pie, which promptly ends up covering them both (Craig Chester admits that the scene was cut due to massive technical difficulties in staging it)
- ConnectionsFeatured in Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner (2007)
- SoundtracksDance Off
Music by Michael Lloyd
Written by Jackie Beat
Performed by Jackie Beat
Published by Michael Music
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Nothing more here than a standard, cliché, romantic comedy that you would find in a dozen Adam Sandler films or poorly written African American comedies except for that it focuses on a homoesexual relationship. None of the characters are believable, the tone is mostly a farce but there is not a lot of intelligence behind it.
I believe this film is getting a decent buzz, primarily because the two leads are actually gay and rarely do we see supposed "real-life" portrayal of gays in romantic comedies.
The filmmakers intent was to show what it is really like to be in a homosexual relationship and that they have the same feelings, concerns, desires, etc as heterosexual couples. The main problem is that the tone is so absurd and light and none of it seems like real life at all, you don't believe or engage in the characters at all so the message is lost. I am not gay and did not leave the film feeling any more informed about the difficulties of gay relationships or anything even close.
There are some funny scenes and lines but also many awkward moments and irrelevant scenes just thrown in, and dialouge that just doesn't work. Many parts tried to be over the top and absurd just for the sake of doing so, nothing real or organic about them. The acting and pacing also needed work. I just didn't engage or become interested in the characters at any level.
It didn't need to be as heavy or shocking as Queer as Folk or other gay films but moving the tone more toward Kissing Jessica Stein would have served it much better. Beleiving in the characters as actual people instead of over the to characatures would have let me empathize and allowed me to learn a lot more than I did
The 9-11 references were empty and useless. I lived in NY at the time and if your're going to try to capture it at least give it some time, attention, and drama.
Any I don't mean to focus on the gay aspect, it fails as a film period, straight, gay or other, but the producers/filmmakers are promoting it this way so that will inevitably be the focus.
I'd be interested in hearing any opinions from anyone gay who saw the film to see if they felt it represented their struggles properly or if they were maybe just happy to see a light comedy focused on gay life.
Will be interesting to see what happens if/when it is released
I believe this film is getting a decent buzz, primarily because the two leads are actually gay and rarely do we see supposed "real-life" portrayal of gays in romantic comedies.
The filmmakers intent was to show what it is really like to be in a homosexual relationship and that they have the same feelings, concerns, desires, etc as heterosexual couples. The main problem is that the tone is so absurd and light and none of it seems like real life at all, you don't believe or engage in the characters at all so the message is lost. I am not gay and did not leave the film feeling any more informed about the difficulties of gay relationships or anything even close.
There are some funny scenes and lines but also many awkward moments and irrelevant scenes just thrown in, and dialouge that just doesn't work. Many parts tried to be over the top and absurd just for the sake of doing so, nothing real or organic about them. The acting and pacing also needed work. I just didn't engage or become interested in the characters at any level.
It didn't need to be as heavy or shocking as Queer as Folk or other gay films but moving the tone more toward Kissing Jessica Stein would have served it much better. Beleiving in the characters as actual people instead of over the to characatures would have let me empathize and allowed me to learn a lot more than I did
The 9-11 references were empty and useless. I lived in NY at the time and if your're going to try to capture it at least give it some time, attention, and drama.
Any I don't mean to focus on the gay aspect, it fails as a film period, straight, gay or other, but the producers/filmmakers are promoting it this way so that will inevitably be the focus.
I'd be interested in hearing any opinions from anyone gay who saw the film to see if they felt it represented their struggles properly or if they were maybe just happy to see a light comedy focused on gay life.
Will be interesting to see what happens if/when it is released
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- Also known as
- Adam i Stiv
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $309,404
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $66,429
- Apr 2, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $309,404
- Runtime1 hour 39 minutes
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