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11 June 1999 (UK) moreTagline:
She's looking for her Prince Charming. He just lost his. morePlot:
Screwball romance involving a woman (Makkena) who gets fired from her job as a bank teller when her... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Sweet, quirky, good AIDS-relationship story moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Wendy Makkena | ... | Rhonda Portelli |
 | John Benjamin Hickey | ... | Travis Furlong |
 | Jonathan Walker | ... | Voice of Bobby (voice) |
 | Anne Bobby | ... | Debi |
 | Rebecca Creskoff | ... | Gina |
| Angela Pietropinto | ... | Mrs. Portelli |
| Freddie Roman | ... | Mr. Portelli |
| Molly McClure | ... | Aunt Bonnie |
 | Jay Michaelson | ... | Bud |
| Yusef Bulos | ... | Taxi Driver |
| Garrett Moran | ... | Stripper |
| Steven Jones | ... | Funeral Director |
| Lynn Metrik | ... | Bank Manager |
| Phyllis Cicero | ... | Janice |
| Spiro Malas | ... | Waiter |
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I enjoyed this movie, particularly John Benjamin Hickey's work. He is natural, relaxed, and did not force emotions, given the topic of the surviving partner of a gay man who had died of AIDS.
It dealt with the tremendous emotional loss, the lack of social validation of his relationship (not considered a husband/widow) in a poignant way. Hickey's character's attempt at suicide is not far-fetched. At the height of the initial wave of gay men dying from AIDS, their surviving partners/ spouses were often cut-out or barred from funeral services, denied access to homes they co-owned or rented, and had joint bank accounts emptied by hateful family members of the deceased.
While the bank teller character is more caricature, she lends the right humorous twist to this 'road trip/love story'. The various Texas characters are on-the-money, well-cast, and sweet.
I have watched this movie a number of times and enjoyed it very much, each time.