Adam & Steve (2005)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Craig Chester

Writer (WGA):

Craig Chester (written by)

Release Date:

17 May 2007 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

the tempting new comedy from the producers of 'Latter Days'

Plot:

Follows two New York city couples -- one heterosexual and one gay who explore the peaks and the valleys of their respective relationships.

Plot Keywords:

Goth | New York City | Gay | Psychiatrist | Love

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Malcolm Gets	...	Steve Hicks
Cary Curran	...	Cary / Cherry Dazzle
Craig Chester	...	Adam Bernstein
Parker Posey	...	Rhonda
Noah Segan	...	Twink
Sally Kirkland	...	Mary
Kent Fuher	...	Herself (as Jackie Beat)
Mario Diaz	...	Orlando
Lisa Frederickson	...	Fiona
Sandy Martin	...	Biker Chick
Michael Panes	...	Lou
Jennifer Echols	...	Triage Nurse
Jack Guzman	...	Security Guard
Chris Kattan	...	Michael
Maxine Prescott	...	Elderly Lady

MPAA:

Rated R for sexual content, language, drug use and some crude humor.

Runtime:

99 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA | Germany:12 | Philippines:R-18 (MTRCB)

Company:

Funny Boy Films

Quotes:

Rhonda: [She of the formally fat] What're doin'? I can't eat that! One pie is like an appitiser to me, I eat that and I unleash the beast!

Movie Connections:

References "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (1986)

Soundtrack:

Something Good

Timely, Wonderful, Life and Love Affirming

I saw this film in Palm Springs at the Film Festival and I have to say that I have never seen a movie like it. It is groundbreaking in the fact that it is not self consciously moralizing or preaching about the 'gay' experience. It deals with the day to day of a grown up relationship between two people who are trying to learn how to love, just like most of us have or had, yet still deals with tough subjects like gay bashing, drug abuse and sexual compulsion, but not in a preachy way.

Many people in the audience applauded when someone thanked the director for a 'romantically optimistic ending', alluding to the tragic ending of Brokeback Mountain, which is, of course, made entirely by straights seeming to take pity on our plight as eternal martyrs.

There were no martyrs here, just a lot laughs and genuine chemistry between Adam & Steve. They didn't even beat each other up once! This movie is the future of gay cinema, I hope. You left the theater and hoped that someday you might fall in love, that's rare - and that isn't how Brokeback left me, which was completely depressed, feeling like a victim.

I hope it comes to San Fran.