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Jeffrey
1995
In this surprising, buoyant comedy, a young, gay actor/waiter finds "Mr. Right" after becoming celibate in the age of AIDS. Struggling with the notion of commitment after discovering his perfect man is HIV-positive, he relies on his best friend (Patrick Stewart as an interior decorator), a self-absorbed New Age evangelist, and .. Read more
| Starring | Steven Weber, Patrick Stewart, Michael T. Weiss, Bryan Batt |
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| Director | Christopher Ashley |
| Genres | Comedy, Gay/Lesbian, Romance |
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Jeffrey
In this surprising, buoyant comedy, a young, gay actor/waiter finds "Mr. Right" after becoming celibate in the age of AIDS. Struggling with the notion of commitment after discovering his perfect man is HIV-positive, he relies on his best friend (Patrick Stewart as an interior decorator), a self-absorbed New Age evangelist, and a hilariously lascivious priest to help him find the way. Adapted from Paul Rudnick's Obie award-winning play.
| Starring | Steven Weber, Patrick Stewart, Michael T. Weiss, Bryan Batt, Sigourney Weaver, Olympia Dukakis, Kathy Najimy, Nathan Lane, Christine Baranski |
|---|---|
| Director | Christopher Ashley |
| Studio | CINEMA CLUB |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 31 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Gay/Lesbian, Romance |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: None |
| Released | DVD: not available Production year: 1995 |
| Format | DVD |
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Paranoid gay man Steven Weber turns celibate due to the Aids threat, and then meets the hunk of his dreams, Michael T Weiss, who is HIV Positive. Adapted from Paul (The Addams Family) Rudnick's Obie-winning Off-Broadway play, director Christopher Ashley's poignant adaptation is not only daring and sympathetic but extremely funny: a pitch-perfect look at New York gay society facing a common enemy with suitably mordant humour and bitchy cross-bearing. Patrick Stewart is a knockout as the flamboyant queen who advises Weber to take a chance rather than opt out of life altogether. The Grim Reaper wears high heels and a black sequinned dress in Rudnick's camp compassion play.
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"...[Jeffrey is] funny, neurotic, articulate....Stewart steals the show with a beautiful, go-for-the-gusto performance..." -- Rating: B
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16 out of 17 people found this review helpful
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American stage conventions don't translate well into film and equally they don't translate well into the more cynical and perhaps sophisticated views on this side of the pond.
This film (about as sophisticated as your common-or-garden blunt instrument), despite its theatrical origins, is terrifically well-meaning, but a) it is now out-dated, and b) it displays some truly toe-curlingly embarrassing situations and acting. It fails to convince on pretty much every level, partly because things have moved on from the period it depicts.
(That's what you write when you're trying to be generous.)
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16 out of 17 people found this review helpful
[Highly rated reviewer]
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American stage conventions don't translate well into film and equally they don't translate well into the more cynical and perhaps sophisticated views on this side of the pond.
This film (about as sophisticated as your common-or-garden blunt instrument), despite its theatrical origins, is terrifically well-meaning, but a) it is now out-dated, and b) it displays some truly toe-curlingly embarrassing situations and acting. It fails to convince on pretty much every level, partly because things have moved on from the period it depicts.
(That's what you write when you're trying to be generous.)
Not really worth the time -- any more, at least. -
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Jeffrey
In this surprising, buoyant comedy, a young, gay actor/waiter finds "Mr. Right" after becoming celibate in the age of AIDS. Struggling with the notion of commitment after discovering his perfect man is HIV-positive, he relies on his best friend (Patrick Stewart as an interior decorator), a self-...
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