ALL OVER THE GUY
What do gay men want? Don't ask the characters in Julie Davis's film or they'll
bend your ear with their answers. Until the film's bathetic last third, the
talk (written by Dan Bucatinsky, who also stars) is mostly brisk and witty.
Then, as the plot and the schmaltz thicken, the dialogue gets glib -- and
worse. Two guys, one a needy Jewish anal-retentive looking for Mr. Right
(Bucatinsky), the other a Joe-six-pack gentile slob looking for Mr. Right Now
(Richard Ruccolo), meet on a blind date; but despite tedious recriminations,
flashbacks, self-help therapy, contrived subplots (the straight friends pair
up), gratuitous cameos (Christina Ricci, Lisa Kudrow), and the repeated asking
of the question "What do you want?," they still don't know what they want. And
you won't care. At the Avon.
Issue Date: October 5 - 11, 2001
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