I gave this a "6" for being well intentioned, but to me it seemed to be trying too hard to catch middle of the road support.
The characters don't develop convincingly at all - especially the supposed gay male couple who never even kiss properly. The most they do do is eye each other off. It smacked severely of straight actors playing gay for pay.
This was the opening film of Brisbane's "Queer Film & Video Weekend" on 27th March 2003 - and though I didn't like it at all, the bulk of the audience (men and women) loved it.
I much prefered the dark humour of "Nine Dead Gay Guys" which screened the next evening and which was unapologetic, inventive and fully entertaining.
"Friends and Family" was really just fluffy - ala "Will & Grace".
The characters don't develop convincingly at all - especially the supposed gay male couple who never even kiss properly. The most they do do is eye each other off. It smacked severely of straight actors playing gay for pay.
This was the opening film of Brisbane's "Queer Film & Video Weekend" on 27th March 2003 - and though I didn't like it at all, the bulk of the audience (men and women) loved it.
I much prefered the dark humour of "Nine Dead Gay Guys" which screened the next evening and which was unapologetic, inventive and fully entertaining.
"Friends and Family" was really just fluffy - ala "Will & Grace".