Everyone

I would seem to be in the minority of user commenters -- I had this film from Netflix and liked it so much that I've subsequently bought it for my DVD library. Unlike other people who commented, I've known people who talk like these characters and, despite the seriousness and depression experienced by some of the cast I for one (and only one, apparently) find much that is amusing in the film. The director (and author) and his cast are to be commended. I love this film. I'm not a cinema scholar but, unlike many independent films, the technical aspects are also very good. One does not come away with the impression that it was done on a minimal budget. Excellent sound, editing, scoring and everything else. Bouquets all round!

This is a great story of two guys who want to get married (maybe?). Their families come together on the day of their commitment ceremony while our to-be-wed couple experiences some breakdowns and breakthroughs in their relationship.

The ensemble is made up of the various brothers and sisters (and their partners) of each of our two leads. The story quickly expands to display the entire family, focusing on the already married couples of the two grooms. Each couples struggles with the everyday (for the most part) challenges of "married" life. Whether it's dealing with professional difficulties, extramarital affairs or simple miscommunication this film shows that marriage can be rough for everyone.

"Everyone" is a very good movie, with great performances by most of the cast. It's got a rather simple plot, it's not hard to figure out what is going to happen, but that is not the nerve of the film. This film is really about people. People in love, people in doubt, people in denial, people in grief.

The story revolves around the gay couple who are getting married on their three years anniversary that also happens to be the day that one of the grooms brothers lost his son, three years earlier. They are preparing a rather informal ceremony and celebration and we follow them and their guests all through the day.

It's an emotional roller-coaster ride, and there is no rest; You go straight from one disaster to the next and there are only few truly happy moments on what was supposed to be the happiest day of their lives! I won't reveal the ending, but I will say, that it is a film that tends to haunt you for a while after watching it. Not just in a bad way, but you can't help but think about your own life after wards...

These guys have problems right from the beginning. Not only can't they agree on what to call the event they are having, they also can't agree on whether to have it or not, they can't agree on what they want to wear for it, and if I understood correctly, they think they're going to do it twice, this time for family, and later on for friends. Who ever does that? Nobody should go into a committed relationship this confused. This is what premarital counseling is for, and do they ever need it. How long have they been together so far? They are so on different wavelengths that one would think they just met the night before. Parts of this film are funny, parts of it drag, and very little of it is believable. I probably know about a dozen same-sex couples who have had a formal commitment ceremony, and none of them ever went about it this way. By the way, my favorite character is Dylan.

Good looking groom-to-be Gale is living with a dumpy arrogant twit of a boyfriend who is not looking forward to being 'married' on the very day of his 'wedding'. Seems a bit late to have left it and quite honestly he deserves not to be married. What Gale is doing with this guy is hard to fathom. Bad script, a dialogue of swear words and characters I couldn't care a fig for, meant that the DVD went straight back into the packet. A shame really because there was so much potential to the film. The families could have been made more sympathetic to the audience, their characters developed in the context of the wedding itself, rather than before the wedding, which didn't tell us who was who and where they fitted in. Bad acting added to the boredom.