There is a whole swathe of gay men who have very similar tastes to teenage girls especially when it comes to things like pop music, TV Shows & Stars, and especially in their somewhat besotted belief in ‘true romance’. This is NOT a criticism but just an observation of how after decades of dealing and reacting against the repressed images that society had of gay men, in our search for positive role models in identifying who we are, the inner child sometimes joyously rears its head.J C Calciano is a filmmaker that knows just that and his movies play to that fact that in our rose-colored fantasies the path of true love will always win through and two guys can and will live happily ever after no matter what. There may be the occasional bump in the road, but the journey at least will be funny…… and often campy too.
His follow-up feature to the successful ‘Is It Just Me’ is this sugary sweet tale of a seven year itch relationship where Marshall, one of the partners, is turning the ripe old age of 30 (!) and is desperate for something new. Its 2012 so where else can he look for it than online, and he comes across a mysterious app that guarantees to find true love (if only). The app scans every inch of Marshall’s online world and turns his whole world upside down. He suddenly gets everything that he thinks that he has ever wanted, but soon realizes that too much of a good thing may not be such a good thing after all.
Now newly single but much more unhappy despite being surrounded by a bevy of hot men clamoring for him, Marshall is giving one last chance to listen to his heart and figure out what (and who) is really important.
This is what it is. A light-hearted feel-good romantic comedy fantasy. Nothing more and nothing less. Of its genre its very good and will appeal to you if you like boy meets boy, boy loses boy, and boy gets boy back again still intact and lives happily ever after escapism, then this one is for you. Or if you are teenage girl as well.
Labels: 2012, gay, romantic comedy
