Adam & Steve (2005)
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Movie Reviews of Adam & Steve (2005)
Movie Review: Gay or not, it's a great romance.
Summary: 4 Stars
I was drawn to this movie because of the stars(Malcolm Gets, Chris Kattan, and Parker Posey) and I wasn't disappointed. This movie is very off beat and it works. The opening sequence is hysterical and a few of the "running gags" in the movie just make it better. Well worth watching.Movie Review: lovely comedy
Summary: 4 Stars
Funny. Sometimes a little ackward. The leading actors are not "the" gorgeous type, but are charming and have good acting as well as the others. I think it worths owing it to see every now and then.Movie Review: Cute and rather sweet
Summary: 4 Stars
While there was not a lot of chemistry between the two leads, they are both excellent, especially Malcolm Gets.Movie Review: good movie
Summary: 4 Stars
i enjoyed this movie, the characters were believeable and funny.
good movie
Movie Review: A Sardonic Posey Rules a Fitfully Amusing, Lukewarm Gay Romantic Comedy
Summary: 3 Stars
Directing, writing and playing one of the title characters, Craig Chester attempts to pull a Streisand triple play with this low-budget 2005 film, but his strenuous multi-tasking results in an unwieldy combination of character-driven romantic comedy and flat-out farce that doesn't quite satisfy the requirements of either genre. For the most part, Chester seems to be making a gay version of "When Harry Met Sally" starting with a flashback to 1987 when Adam, a self-loathing goth accompanied by his overweight and equally morose friend Rhonda, meets Steve, a glam-rock dancer on disco night at a trendy Manhattan club. A night of cocaine laced with baby laxative leads to an unfortunate episode which has to be seen to be believed. Sparks fly when they accidentally meet each other again many years later not knowing who the other is.
It's refreshing to see a gay movie that frees itself from more serious concerns like rights violations and persecution, but the film is ultimately done in by Chester's reliance on standard rom-com clichés and a wildly fluctuating tone, including an over-the-top finale that hinges on a country-style dance-off. Chester and Malcolm Gets are engaging if a bit bland in the lead roles. Perhaps because he has played so many sexually ambiguous characters on "Saturday Night Live", Chris Kattan is oddly stilted as Steve's straight roommate, while Parker Posey easily steals the picture as Rhonda, now skinny and a stand-up comic, with her natural sassiness and deft comedy timing. Several familiar faces show up in extended cameos - Paul Sand and Julie Hagerty as Adam's jinxed parents, Melinda Dillon as Steve's corn-belt mother and Sally Kirkland as an enthusiastic drug counselor. There are a surprising number of extras on the 2006 DVD - a solid commentary track from Chester and Gets, a making-of featurette, some deleted scenes, a gag reel and even a dance lesson to replicate the strutting moves in the finale. But see it for Posey's quirky charms.