Darren’s been dumped by his boyfriend. It’s not totally surprising as though he is a rather handsome and congenial young man in his 20’s he doesnt work, has no intentions of getting a job, and is a little too obsessed with himself. He is even more fixated with a couple of his neighbors who live on the floor above him in an apartment complex in some Nashville suburb. Through some quirk in the building’s air conditioning system, Darren can hear every word of their casual conversations and their noisy love-making through a vent in his wall.When he discovers that one of the gay couples is cheating on the other Darren becomes so totally fascinated to the point of it being his main daily occupation. He is aided and abetted by Luce his very sarcastic and overweight new gal pal who he met in the gym and who he instantly bonded with.
And there is the added distraction of Joe the hunky building supervisor full of charm and with a smile to die for, who has just come out of the closet and who would be the perfect new boyfriend for Darren if he woke up and smelt the roses. When he’s not stalking his attractive neighbors, Darren is taking daily photographs of the beard that some man on Craig’s list is paying him $200 a week to grow. Yes, you did read that write.
Written, directed and starring a rather prolific young filmmaker called Matt Riddlehoover who seems a personable enough person, but there is not a hint at all of Woody Allen type wit that his movie’s distributors would have us believe he possesses. It is a very pleasant and easy enough-on-the-eye piece of boy-lit cinema …… and Mr. Riddlehoover has something of a following for films of this ilk. So much so that ‘More Scenes Of A Gay Marriage’ is now in production …. and at least he had the good sense to cast Jared Allman (as Joe) again, so you are at least guaranteed something very pretty to feast your eyes on when the plot wanes once more.
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Labels: 2012, boy-lit., gay, romantic comedy
