Friday, June 15, 2012
PHENOM
Today's Favorite Gay Movie #5 was the sleeper hit
When this came out it got slammed as melodramatic, poorly scripted, unrealistic and so on.
But now that we know a lot more about Mormons and gays, it is prescient. It has gone on to be a Festival favorite, a DVD best seller and way high on the favorite list.
I think that the reason for this are the two stars and the evident emotion that all members of the cast feel. The script is very well drawn. A second viewing will show this more explicitly but it has its effect the first time because while things move past, they do register.
A hot gay man lives across from four Mormon missionaries one of whom is a closet case.
They meet and begin to alter each other's values and way of life.
They get caught making out by the other missionaries and our Mormon boy is sent home and, eventually, excommunicated and sent to a behavior modification facility. A lockup. Yes. They exist. In Utah.
But love will out. Very good. A lot of coincidences but what the hell.
The heart loves crossed wires.
A 5 out of Netflix5.
