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List Price: $24.95 Our Price: $21.99 You Save: $2.96 Features • Color • Dolby • DVD-Video • Special Edition • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 2002 DVD Release : 16 May, 2006 |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | Some hits; some misses |
| I enjoyed [[ASIN:B000BVM24K Regarding Billy]] enough to be interested in this movie just because it was directed (and written, I think) by Jeff London, a movie-maker who makes sweet, innocent movies about Average Gay Joe's falling in love and having diffiulties and successes unique to gay folks.
This movie is no exception, and, like his other movies, is stunningly successful at times and embarrassingly amateur at other times. I like to end on a good note, so let's start with the "bad". There is too much going on in this overlong movie and many unnecessary and underdeveloped characters which muddy up the central story and theme. Some of the peripheral actors are really bad. Some of the dialog is really forced. (Some of it actually made me squirm.) Now the good. The principal young men in this film are great. Ron Petronicolos and Mike Dolan are absolutely mesmerizing together and it's a joy to see their subtle and somewhat unexpected romance blossom. It's the love story part of this film that's the great part, and I can watch it over and over. True to Jeff London, it's not smarmy and tacky, but wonderful and refreshing. I'd love to give this film more stars, but it wouldn't be true. You have to take the good with the bad here, and it's certainly worth your time and attention. If you like this film, you'll love [[ASIN:B000BVM24K Regarding Billy]] which is a love story without a lot of distracting side stories, and features two similarly talented and refreshing characters and actors. This film is "worth it" just for the scene when Dolan tells Petronicolos (clearly smitten with each other) that he wishes he didn't make him so nervous (and there can be no turning back.) Enjoy. |
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