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Sam Mraovich (writer)
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2 January 2003 (USA) more
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Love calms the soul...and so does revenge.
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Arthur Sailes must have the courage to marry his beloved Ben Sheets and stand against the obstacles that face him... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Sam Mraovich ... Arthur Sailes
Jamie Brett Gabel ... Ben Sheets
Michael Haboush ... Victor Sailes
Bill Hindley ... Father Rabin

Julie Belknap ... Tammy Sheets

Gina Aguilar ... Attorney
Arthur Huber ... Private Investigator, Justin Abraham
Oto Brezina ... Priest
Richard Hitchcock ... Stan
Bruce Lurie ... Agent Moreen
Buck Elkin ... Bar Owner
Nick Bennet ... Scott
Loretta Altman ... Mildread
Holly Mraovich ... Grocery Lady
Chris Palmer ... Extra
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USA:85 min
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The role of Victor (played by Mike Haboush) was originally Victoria. Victoria was supposed to be the mother of Arthur. more
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Continuity: The red car that Arthur drives is the same one the private detective drives. more
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Father Rabin: The congregation is concerned that your brother's homosexuality may rub off on their children and send their souls straight to hell.
Victor Sailes: But Father, my brother has not been to church in ten years. What does it have to do with me?
Father Rabin: It has to do with the fact that the members of the congregation don't want the brother of a gay man in here! They're afraid that you may hold some sort of karma or deep seated evil energy and - and - well, quite frankly, I'm gonna have to ask you to stop offering your services to this church.
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88 out of 88 people found the following comment useful.
Wow... This was bad, 25 October 2004
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Author: gwmindallas from Dallas, TX

This movie was laughably bad. A friend rented it from Netflix and made me watch it. There are so many gaffes and goofs that it's impossible to even bother getting to know the characters and the plot. How about these for example...

The "Vermont Airport" surrounded by palm trees

Ben's miraculously appearing shirt during a phone conversation

The priest's palatial office... complete with a folding card table desk

There is a decent story hidden behind a very bad movie. But even if you look past the technical flaws, you'll find horrid acting and casting. I was most tickled by the casting of a flamboyantly gay actor to play the right-wing religious zealot brother. His opening scene, sitting in his immaculate apartment, stroking his kitty cat, was hilarious.

I applaud the writer/director/producer/editor/star/caterer/cast dentist/composer (and whatever else he did on this move) for actually getting a movie like this distributed. If you have nothing better to do, it could be a fun group movie or even the basis of a drinking game but don't rent it for a powerful story about homophobia and gay marriage.

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