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Make the Yuletide Gay by Rob Williams
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DVD Cover InformationActor: Adamo Ruggiero, Derek Long, Hallee Hirsh, Keith Jordan, Kelly Keaton Director: Rob Williams Brand: TLA Releasing DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language) Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen Picture Format: 1.78:1 Running Time: 89 minutes DVD Release Date: 2009-11-10 Audience Rating: Unrated Model: TLAD218 Studio: TLA Product features: - MAKE THE YULETIDE GAY (DVD MOVIE)
Movie Reviews of Make the Yuletide GayMovie Review: As warm & sweet as a Christmas cookie Summary: 5 Stars
From the first time I watched "Make the Yuletide Gay", it became an instant Holiday favorite (or is that Holi-gay??) for me. Writer-director Rob Williams has concocted a confection that's sweet & funny, and as irresistible as the smell of Christmas cookies wafting through the house. Telling a straightforward story of two college-age lovers spending Holiday break apart from one another to visit their respective families, Williams reminds us of why relatives can be harrowing...yet, there's no place like home.
The casting is another factor that really makes this film work. Sweet-natured "Olaf" Gunn (Keith Jordan) & good-hearted Nathan (Adamo Ruggiero from "DeGrassi: The Next Generation") as the young lovers should win Cutest Gay Couple of the Year. The chemistry between their characters is pitch perfect without being forced; they're absolutely adorable. And the two sets of parents could not have been so different: There's Gunn's loopy, jolly Mom (who bakes TONS of goodies during the movie), a transplanted Wisconsin who says "Don'tcha Know" a lot; Sven, the absent-minded, pot-smoking Dad who accidentally flashes Nathan by leaving his robe open; and familiar faces Ian Buchanan (daytime's "General Hospital") & Gates McFadden (of "Star Trek: TNG" fame) as Nathan's cold & self-centered parents. Viewers might be disappointed that the latter parents are absent through most of the film (which is logical, since they leave their own son in a lurch to travel to Jerusalem at the last minute). Thus, Nathan surprises Gunn at his doorstep when his own family plans fall through. This is where the story might have turned into an "Afterschool Special" of melodrama, as Gunn has not told his parents of his true sexuality, let alone that Nathan is more than a roommate. But Williams handles the subplot deftly, and doesn't overplay it, even during a front lawn argument between the two. He keeps the film light & airy while slyly tossing out snickering double entendres that either startle its characters or fly right over their heads.
Also of note is "Little House on the Prairie's" Alison Arngrim (remember nasty little Nellie?) as a trampy, abrasive neighbor who is the nemesis of Gunn's Mom.
In short, whether you're gay or straight, you'll most likely enjoy this small Holiday goodie. It's a real crowd pleaser!
Summary of Make the Yuletide GayMAKE THE YULETIDE GAY - DVD Movie
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