Big Gay Love (2013)

An overweight party planner meets the love of his life but is comically challenged by his own insecurity in the image conscious Los Angeles.

Director:

Ringo Le

Writer:

Ringo Le

Stars:

Jonathan Lisecki, Nicholas Brendon, Ann Walker

Cast

Credited cast:
Jonathan Lisecki	...	Bob
Nicholas Brendon	...	Andy
Ann Walker	...	Betty
Ethan Le Phong	...	Chase (as Phong Truong)
Todd Stroik	...	Aidan
Ken Takemoto	...	Mr. Tran
Drew Droege	...	Dan#1
Amy Hill	...	Dr. Barrenbottom
Jason Stuart	...	Dan#2
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Karina Bonnefil	...	Billy Gene
Jeffrey Damnit	...	Rambo
Sandy Fox
Harvey Guillén	...	Brian (as Harvey Guillen)
Gaetano Jones	...	Second guy
Ina-Alice Kopp	...	Lana

Storyline

Big Gay Love is a comedy about a chubby gay man who overcomes discrimination based on his looks to find love on his own terms. The devastating effect of our physique-obsessed culture is explored in the comedy Big Gay Love. In the movie, Bob appears to have it all: a great job, fabulous friends, and is about to become a first time home buyer. But his success hasn't come without a price for Bob has become the chubby gay man everyone adores, but nobody desires. When true love does find Bob in the form of a chef named Andy, he doubts if the relationship could be real for his years of living in insecurity has gotten the best of him. To keep up appearances with his friends, Bob considers going under the knife to fit in and be perfect. But underneath it all he longs for something more.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Optimale [France]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 June 2013 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Big Gay Love, Margin Films, Add Word Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

affable fatty turns out to be venomous "faggot"

The funniest part of the film is the very beginning, when the nosy neighbour played by Drew Droege and his "pussywhipped" husband, call by and check out their potential future neighbour, played by Jonathan Lisecki. Droege kills it as professional suburban married gay parent with husband and baby-in-pram in tow. Droege meets his new fellow-gay neighbour with a disapproving grimace and then berates him for his overweight looks, party planning job, and worst of all, his single status. He does this in a very accomplished passive aggressive and haughty manner with little side eyed glances to partner and subtle gestures of indignation. He is basically telling Lisecki, "your obesity offends me, fat people are not desired in our community," without actually saying this ad verbatim.

I thought this would become the humorous premise of the movie. Unfortunately not. Lisecki is not as funny as Droege. Droege doesn't appear from then on, and Lisecki's character never manages to make me laugh at all.

Although the film pretends to criticize "superfical" West Hollywood body culture and LGBT elitism, the narrative is told from a frame of mind that adheres strictly to new gay conformist morals, almost as conservative as if they lived in an orthodox Evangelical community. You are supposed to not judge a person by his obesity to the point where you are obliged to be in a relationship with them or otherwise be outed as being "lookist" and "shallow." It is this emotional blackmail purported by whiny, needy, clingy Lisecki as if it were an honorable quest for love, that fails to make us empathize with him. I merely end up thinking: "get rid of the fat bastard, he doesn't deserve a boyfriend at all." He proves not just ugly on the outside, but on the inside as well.

Moreover the film becomes an unwatchable messy surreal shambles towards the end, by which point I switched off the DVD. If you do find Lisecki funny, then you might enjoy the film however.