Sunday, March 18, 2012
THE GAYS ARE COMING
Today's gay film was
This is a niche market gay film with very high production values, a good story and some real tension, sexual and otherwise.
A gay native of the East Side LA who is in the closet sees new neighbors moving in. "The gays" have arrived next door.
He works with his grandmother in a small neighborhood restaurant and lives with her. He has a boyfriend who, it turns out is a closet case and a real estate agent with a big investment in the rising market and a desire to be seen as straight by his clients. He is also an asshole but a sexy and handsome one. They are doing well in the fantasy laden love department but not in any other way.
The new gay neighbors are in trouble. Some people have a kid to avoid a divorce. Some gays buy a house. Did I say that one of the neighbors is nice and has eyes for our hero?
And so on. Gentrification, closet cases, the ghetto, getting a career, falling in love.
It plays out pretty well. The acting is better than normal for the niche film and the issues are serious without overwhelming the jokes and irony of the situations.
Oddly, I saw it before and didn't like it. But I remember that I skipped through it. I guess I missed the good parts that were just around the corner.
This time, it aced a solid 3 out of Netflix5.
