this movie was very bad in some ways. but on finishing it, i found it wasn't entirely irredeemable.
yes, the production values are horrendous. that was my main complaint. the film was grainy and the colors ugly. in fact, after seeing the gorgeous backdrop of new york in "hitch", looking at the new york city that this film was supposedly set in was distinctly unpleasant. some of the scenes were bad beyond belief. for example, i have never seen such a cheap set-up for a photo shoot depicted on screen. one of the characters in the movie is a photographer and i couldn't help but wonder who else but a tourist would use the small, cheap-looking camera that he was toting. the character didn't even look like an ordinary pro photographer, much less a hot shot fashion photographer. hot tip for the costume manager: real photographers usually carry huge SLR cameras and wear those vest jackets that have loads of pockets to carry their lenses and filters.
with the exception of the leads in a few scenes, the acting was uniformly amateurish. what does save this movie however, is the script. there is the inevitable comparison with pretty woman, but with a twist. some of the lines in the movie were actually not bad at all, and showed a nice restraint in some scenes. those were scenes where the silence, if it had been managed by better actors, might just have worked. on the downside, the quality of the script is uneven. there are some utterly useless extraneous bits here and there and gratuitous use of the f-word that contributes nothing to story or character.
perhaps not the "worst gay movie ever", as one poster put it, but i would say in general, not worth the time.
yes, the production values are horrendous. that was my main complaint. the film was grainy and the colors ugly. in fact, after seeing the gorgeous backdrop of new york in "hitch", looking at the new york city that this film was supposedly set in was distinctly unpleasant. some of the scenes were bad beyond belief. for example, i have never seen such a cheap set-up for a photo shoot depicted on screen. one of the characters in the movie is a photographer and i couldn't help but wonder who else but a tourist would use the small, cheap-looking camera that he was toting. the character didn't even look like an ordinary pro photographer, much less a hot shot fashion photographer. hot tip for the costume manager: real photographers usually carry huge SLR cameras and wear those vest jackets that have loads of pockets to carry their lenses and filters.
with the exception of the leads in a few scenes, the acting was uniformly amateurish. what does save this movie however, is the script. there is the inevitable comparison with pretty woman, but with a twist. some of the lines in the movie were actually not bad at all, and showed a nice restraint in some scenes. those were scenes where the silence, if it had been managed by better actors, might just have worked. on the downside, the quality of the script is uneven. there are some utterly useless extraneous bits here and there and gratuitous use of the f-word that contributes nothing to story or character.
perhaps not the "worst gay movie ever", as one poster put it, but i would say in general, not worth the time.