Saturday, January 19, 2013
INSEMINATE ME
Today's movie was Jonathan Lisecki's
Everything I knew before I saw this said that it would be a cringe inducing exercise in sideways homophobia. But nothing could be further from the truth.
This is a funny comedy with great acting by a very attractive and expert ensemble. The direction is sharp. The humor is hilarious and very on target. LOL-time. And not one offensive jibe or word or utterance.
I want to see it again. I just ordered my own copy.
Best friends decide to have a baby. The male half of the friends is gay. This requires some gymnastics which are, yes, cringe inducing, but in a good way. Funny. Nice. Respectful even. And funny.
There are problems of course. There are a few side stories. There are great lovable characters where you feel safe at all times. Nothing bad is going to happen here and people will treat each other with a great kindness. Most of the time.
And the situation is not out of reach logically. It even happens all the time. We just don't get to see inside the machinations of how it all works out.
I have known a few guys who got to be daddies this way. One or two gave up parental rights but others kept them and there was more than one happy ending for all concerned.
It is just that when you set out to do something like this it is not possible to foresee some of the twists and turns that are likely to occur.
While the focus is on the awkward arrangements between the best friends, there is some nice gay sex to look at and even the straight guys are good to ogle.
Lisecki, himself, plays a dishy friend who has the classical queen's mouth on him and he is slick and hilarious.
A definite 5 out of Netflix5.
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