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Overview
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Queer today. Gone tomorrow.Plot:
A despondent gay man throws his life and relationships into turmoil when he volunteers for a controversial pharmaceutical study for a drug designed to make gay men straight. | add synopsisAwards:
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Queasy drama with a somewhat subversive premise... moreCast
(Credited cast) | Jonathan Slavin | ... | Tim |
 | Scotch Ellis Loring | ... | Joey |
 | Susan Slome | ... | Sally |
 | Mike Begovich | ... | Don |
 | Jennifer Elise Cox | ... | Tanya |
 | Jason Bushman | ... | Matt |
 | Beth Grant | ... | Mom |
 | Michael Chieffo | ... | Dad |
 | Alec Mapa | ... | Protestor |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Patrick Anthony | ... | Fundy #1 |
 | Lisa Marie Basada | ... | Tiff |
| John Baumgartner | ... | Fundy #2 |
| Karen 'Kaz' Brecher | ... | Cafe Woman |
| Maura Dominguez | ... | Fantasy Woman |
 | John Hartmann | ... | Ed |
| Matt Hausmann | ... | New Day Volunteer |
 | Jen McAllister | ... | Nurse |
| Kathy Morath | ... | Soccer Mom |
 | Timothy Omundson | ... | Brad |
| Byron Quiros | ... | Guy |
 | Marcus Reynaga | ... | Trashy |
| Jessalyn Rizzi | ... | Amber |
 | Cory Schneider | ... | One Night Stand |
| Shannon Shepherd | ... | Passionate Woman #1 |
| Brian Shyne | ... | Laughing Man |
| Jim Simone | ... | Clerk |
| Susan Stoebner | ... | Passionate Woman #2 |
| Douglas Weston | ... | Doctor |
| Jeffrey Wright | ... | Passionate Man #1 |
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94 minCountry:
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Australia:MA (2007)Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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Hapless 33-year-old gay man with only a few friends volunteers to take a new drug which promises to make him heterosexual. The trouble with this premise is, the central character (inhibited and wounded) would be unhappy in any sexual environment, either with a woman or another man. Writer-director John Baumgartner doesn't seem to take this into consideration, and so puts our hero into uncomfortable scenes such as the one where he gets intimate with a female co-worker (who is seen as desperate and deluded). Low-budget and self-conscious, the picture doesn't even have the energy to hint at any intriguing ideas other than straight-vs.-gay. Baumgartner sees the casual indifference of the bar crowds and gives us a glimpse of the man's office job and his lonely life, but the main issue ("What would life be like if I were straight?") is too facile and obvious as a story-hook. Why not make the guy a bigot who is forced to take a gay pill? The point made here is strictly a dead-end one, made even worse by one-dimensional people who don't merit much interest. * from ****