This film might be entertaining for those starved for gay and lesbian film. But for those beyond the Gay 101 stage, it is tedious in the extreme. The jokes have absolutely no zing. The plot is completely ludicrous. The characters don't even make good campy caricatures. And I've never seen someone in the end stages of AIDS who looked so healthy and upbeat. The attempts at humor in this film made me groan. Who are these people who call this hilarious? I had to be convinced to continue watching to the end, which was completely unrewarding. The homophobes of this small Texas town turn out not to be born-again Bible thumpers, but loveable folk who soon realize the error of their ways and accept the unbelievably burgeoning queer population of their little hamlet. With all the excellent gay and lesbian cinema out there, there is no need to waste 100 minutes of your life on this valiant but failed Texas small-town effort. The four other gay and lesbian friends who saw this film with me would agree.
Review of It's in the Water
