The first thirty minutes of "Another Gay Movie" are some of the most excruciatingly bad film-making I've seen this side of film school classes. I quite expected to shut the movie off, and I would have, except something quite unexpected occurs: the movie actually begins to be quite funny. Perhaps it was sleep deprivation or maybe the sheer audacity at which the filmmakers go to up the comedic (and gross-out) ante is shockingly funny in the way shock jocks can be funny. Quite often, you'll be asking how far the filmmakers will go--with fart jokes, vomit jokes, sex jokes, fetish jokes--and you'll almost always be surprised at how far they do push the border of taste. That is quite admirable by itself.
This is not nearly as good as the rave reviews here would have you believe, nor is it a disastrous bomb. I wouldn't say this spoofs or parodies "American Pie" so much as it copies the formula with gay teens. There are no laugh-out-loud moments to be found here, most of the humor is met with a smile. There are scenes that push the envelope beyond what "American Pie" ever did. The unrated version of this is a virtual comedic soft-core porn with better acting and a story.
The four leads are pretty much the reason the film works as much as it does. The directing is DOA, the writing is about as smart as you'd expect, and the production looks on a whole as a cross between "Strangers with Candy" and "But I'm A Cheerleader!". The actors are therefore required to carry this one, and they prove to be up to the challenge. The sweet romance that buds between two of the characters is well-handled and well-performed, one of the few believable aspects of an otherwise over-the-top campy comedy.
If you can make it past the initial scenes of filmic torture, you may even find yourself rooting for the guys to finally get some action. This is definitely one of the more unique gay-themed productions, and that is at least cause for celebration. I am harshly critical of "gay" films, especially comedies, but this one is a surprisingly sweet and charming no-holds-barred gross-out romantic comedy. Now if that isn't a backhanded compliment, I don't know what is.
This is not nearly as good as the rave reviews here would have you believe, nor is it a disastrous bomb. I wouldn't say this spoofs or parodies "American Pie" so much as it copies the formula with gay teens. There are no laugh-out-loud moments to be found here, most of the humor is met with a smile. There are scenes that push the envelope beyond what "American Pie" ever did. The unrated version of this is a virtual comedic soft-core porn with better acting and a story.
The four leads are pretty much the reason the film works as much as it does. The directing is DOA, the writing is about as smart as you'd expect, and the production looks on a whole as a cross between "Strangers with Candy" and "But I'm A Cheerleader!". The actors are therefore required to carry this one, and they prove to be up to the challenge. The sweet romance that buds between two of the characters is well-handled and well-performed, one of the few believable aspects of an otherwise over-the-top campy comedy.
If you can make it past the initial scenes of filmic torture, you may even find yourself rooting for the guys to finally get some action. This is definitely one of the more unique gay-themed productions, and that is at least cause for celebration. I am harshly critical of "gay" films, especially comedies, but this one is a surprisingly sweet and charming no-holds-barred gross-out romantic comedy. Now if that isn't a backhanded compliment, I don't know what is.