An unusual love story. A gay man, recently single, moves in with a woman friend, making her boyfriend jealous. They develop their friendship. When she falls pregnant, boyfriend is overjoyed until she decides that the gay man is who she wants to help her raise the kid.
110 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language)
Romance, Comedy, Drama
Paul Rudd, Kali Rocha, Jennifer Aniston, Lena Cardwell, Alan Alda
Director
Nicholas Hynter
Screenplay
Wendy Wasserstein, from the novel by Stephen McCauley
Music
George Fenton
Sound formats
Dolby Digital
Soundtrack
Not available
Made in
1998
Produced by
20th Century Fox
Ratings
Scale (Max)
20
South African Media
Cape ArgusPeter Frost
10
Cape TimesMolly Green
10
The StarMichael Rechtshaffen
14
Die BurgerRoline Norval
10
Sunday TimesWilliam Pretorius
10
TV3 ScreenplayBarry Ronge
16
International Media
eye Weekly (Canada)Malene Arpe
10
Box Office (USA)Kristan Ginter
5
Rough Cuth (USA)Christopher Brandon
17
Film Review (UK)Lórien Haynes
10
Average .. 56%
11
Visitor Ratings
Lynette Anthony
12
Reyaaz Hassan
14
Tim Sniffen
14
Average .. 67%
13
Visitor Comments
Lynette Anthony: Not too bad.... expected much more though.
Reyaaz Hassan: Can be described as a mature romantic comedy/drama - the gay dilemna is handled in a clever manner - Nigel Hawthorne brings an intellectual sadness. I was never bored and was quite impressed with the fringe characters - especially the intro of Lewis. On a more trivial note - has anyone else noticed that the trailer song was not heard in the movie at all - not even in the credits - this happened in City of Angels as well - I suppose they're all part of the same industry and a popular song on a soundtrack will increase sales - no matter that the song doesn't make an actual movie appearance.
Tim Sniffen: On the song's absence - strangely, it's not on the soundtrack either! Which is unfortunate, since I think it goes with the movie so well. I liked the film, and found it to be a fresh take on what is becoming the ''straight woman - gay man'' storyline.
