Think "Porkys", change the genders and think gay and you have a teen flick unlike any other. Another gay movie directed by Todd Stevens is politically dreadful. Boys in the Band has long been criticised as being politically offensive to gay people because it stereotypes gays and insists on a sad ending. Well if stereotypes worry you you will be grabbing your gay rights posters and heading for the streets if you see this film. It is full of the most over the top stereotypes imaginable. It does however have a happy ending. Another gay movie is a ridiculous cliché ridden load of stereotypical garbage. I enjoyed every minute of it! Have we all become too serious? I found myself squirming , laughing and tut tutting during the film. The character Bonnie drags the film down a bit but maybe thats a biased view as I am more interested in the lads than the lesbians. I find it odd that in gay movies we need to have the obligatory women. They tend to hog the movie. In Queer as Folk I switched off during the lesbian scenes. Perhaps I am just a nasty misoginistic queen. John Blechman is outrageous as Nico. Its over the top, and a real stereotype. (Boys in The Bands Emory looks quite straight by comparison). His scene with the charming Richard Hatch is revolting, it is also hilarious. This film is real school boy humour and if you like sophisticated comedy give it a miss. I love school boy humour and found myself, much to my shame, laughing. The other jarring note is that the director insists all gays are stunningly hot and cute. One day a director will make a gay movie with ordinary looking men. Having said that I must confess that Mitch Morris as Griff is the hottest eye candy I have sen in movie. When he removes those glasses I swooned. His bubble butt dance was hot as can be. Michael Carbonarro as Andy is hilarious and every gay guy, if he is honest, will relate to his hobbies. Great to see the grand "old man" of gay theatre in the movie Scott Thompson in yet another joyful performance as Andy's npt so straight dad. Graham Norton, TV's popular TV host, has the worse accent I have ever heard and for some odd reason in this movie it seems to work. Norton is extremely unattractive which is a breath of fresh air in a gay film. The film is certainly politically questionable. Perhaps because there are gays in the film its OK,mmmm?The old guard of gay lib will hate this movie but perhaps for all the wrong reasons, I loved it. I kept feeling very guilty about liking this movie.
Review of Another Gay Movie
