Diagonaldi
Very well executed
StunnaKrypto
Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.
Twilightfa
Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.
Helloturia
I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.
Noa Lindberg
Unfortunately, spending writing a 1,000 critic about this film is as time wasting as this movie was. This is Sunday morning time I will never get back. The storyline is not credible. The characters are not credible. The relationship between the characters are not credible. And the screenwriter uses the same level of language and expressions for all the characters. This is not deep research and development of characters and storyline. The acting was OK but not outstanding. The end was expectable. The movie all in all was extremely boring. Do yourself a favor and take this one off your list and never look back. You will thank me later.
preppy-3
Gay Robert Joeley (Tim Daley) more or less throws boyfriend George (Paul Rudd) out of the house. George moves in with str8 Nina (Jennifer Aniston). They get along great until Nina gets pregnant from boyfriend Vince (John Pankow). However she doesn't want to live with Vince--she wants George to live with her and bring up the baby. He initially agrees--but then Nina gets jealous if he tries to have a boyfriend!I saw this back in 1998 and had no idea if I liked it or not. Seeing it again I now know why--this is entertaining but simplistic and dumbed down. I'm no fan of the original novel but it was a lot grittier and concentrated more on George than the movie. But--Aniston was more well known than Rudd so this movie is now all about her and totally ignores any of the more interesting aspects of the novel and makes the characters more accessible. This is the kind of movie where a teacher and a social worker can easily afford a HUGE beautiful apartment in Brooklyn. Also it's suggested (in a truly horrendous scene) that Rudd COULD switch from guys to her. Speaking as a gay man I can tell you--it doesn't happen. You don't just switch back and forth. Still--for 1998--that's probably as far as a studio would go. Also a kiss between Rudd and another man was cut out so it wouldn't offend str8 audiences! (Although him and Amo Gulinello have a few cute little kisses). Still, if you can ignore that, it's OK.It has a good cast and acting helps. Aniston is very good in her role. Rudd is totally miscast as a gay man (I never believed him for one second) but he's not bad. Nigel Hawthorne and Gulinello are excellent as a gay couple. Daley is interesting (and hot) as George's ex. Alison Janney is just hysterical as Ansiton's sister. And it was fun to see Stephen Macht (The Spirit himself) in a bit as an ex of George! The movie looks good and has a nice music score too. So it's not even close to treating its subject seriously but it works as fluff. I give it a 7.
Calhoun Kersten
I know this doesn't exactly sound like a rave review, my emotions regarding this film are kinda complex. The film certainly has its flaws, and while it hasn't aged as well as one might hope, the emotion behind the film is so genuine. It may be my own experiences, but I feel that this film has something to offer more than the obvious female and gay male audience. Jennifer Aniston is very likable as Nina, which is saying quite a bit for me because I tend to not go nuts over her. There are traces of her standard Rachel character, but she proves herself much more capable in this role. Paul Rudd does a great job as George, basing his character more on genuine human emotion than gay stereotypes. The emotional dynamic between these two is the central focus of the film and is written extremely well. All in all, this film definitely has its flaws, but its genuine emotional core make it worth checking out.
neese-4
this movie had laughs, tears, and silences and thats what i love in movies. I'm only 14, but i study the word "love," and this movie is made out of it. love is different within the whole movie. they could be a love/hate relationship, a just friends relationship, or a love relationship, where you start loving each other and never stop. this movie just says a lot of how love works in mysterious ways, and how it always has its flaws. whether the man is gay or straight, he means so much to her. and sometimes, its hard to know that. having something you cant have. but really, it has more than a girl wanting something she can't have, its that she tries to get it, and just didn't accept it right away, she tried. thats love.