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My immediate reaction to this film is that when straight men see how they
really are--or Hollywood's version of how they are--they will all want to be
gay. When gay men see this film they will think how lucky they are to be gay!
There is a new type of comedy being put out by studios and they are being
called 'bromances' about the friendship between males of which this is typical
of one. There are the poop jokes, masturbation jokes, anti-female jokes, a man
in a speedo, gay jokes, a nongay man
innocently kissing a gay man, vomit, etc.
Somewhere in this film is a comedy really trying hard to come out and not
succeeding. I think I smiled once and I believe I heard someone laugh at one
point near the end--maybe they were happy it was near the end?
Paul Rudd and Jason Segel are today's Oscar and Felix of "The
Odd Couple" with a lot more hang ups and not living together. One redeeming
feature is that Jason brings out the 'try' means failure that I so often preach.
Rudd is getting a lot of raves for his role but it is one he always plays only
he gets more time to play it here. For a change one of the gay men,
playing Paul's brother, in the movie is not a stereotype (though another one is)
but a masculine man with a head on his shoulders who knows more about straight
men then straight men do!
You know where this film is heading, except may be
wrong in one plot line, but I wouldn't head to see this movie if I were
you.
