Boyfriends: Amazon.ca: James Dreyfus, Mark Sands, Andrew Ableson, Michael Urwin, David Coffey, Darren Petrucci, Michael McGrath, Russell Higgs, Simon Green, David Holt, Derek Jacobi, Tim Morgan, Barry Purves, Neil Hunter, Tom Hunsinger, Homer, Jo Cameron Brown: DVD

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5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful film, Mar 13 2001

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Many of the other reviewers have called this film boring, but I really, really liked this movie. You have the three couples: Ben and Paul (who have been together for 5 years and have just broken up), Matt and Owen (who have been together for 3 months and it is obvious that Matt loves Owen much more than Owen loves Matt), and Will and Adam who have just had a one night stand but Will wants it to be more and Adam does not. These three couples meet in a country house for Paul's birthday--six months after his brother has died. Paul, Matt, and Will are long time friends and their interactions are quite interesting. It is pretty obvious that Paul finds Matt to be insufferable and kind of naive/stupid. Will and Paul have a pretty good friendship, although they are a little defensive about their relationship problems with each other. Matt and Will come off as pretty pathetic in this movie, because they are so desperate for relationships but they have obviously picked partners that are all wrong for them. Adam is one of Will's old cases as he is a social worker. Adam is a very promiscuous young man who has sex with Ben the day after Ben and Paul have broken up. Adam is basically the king of the one night stand-he has had 29 by the end of the movie. Owen comes off as a complete jerk because he cheats on Matt with this guy-James-he meets during the weekend. It turns out that James is Mark's old boyfriend, who has just semi-gotten over his lover's death and is ready to move on. James is older than all the other guys and he plays a counselor type role for Matt and Ben who are obviously having relationship problems. Ben and Paul do work out their relationship problems and Matt and Owen and Will and Adam all seem to go their separate ways at the end, although one gets the feeling that Will and Adam will at least be able to be friends after this weekend.

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1.0 out of 5 stars stay away, Jan 19 2004

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alec wesley (diego garcia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Boyfriends (DVD)

my god I paid twenty bucks for this movie...I couldnt watch more than five minutes of it...
it stinks.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Actually a Very Good Movie of Relationships!, Jun 16 2002

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Plano Man "winterstone" (USA) - See all my reviews

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Despite all the reviews that called this movie �¿Boring�¿, I took a shot and watched it anyway. I was extremely glad I did. Boyfriends is a British comedy about gay relationships.

Made on the cheap and sprinkled with good-natured dialogue and good-natured sex scenes, it's an interesting slice of alternative culture.

In the movie �¿Boyfriends�¿, three gay couples gather in the country over Easter weekend. One duo is in their fifth year of a relationship, another couple has been together three months and the last two men have just met, sort of.

Over the course of a few days, things change.

Boyfriends has already been called the gay Big Chill and has also been compared to Love! Valour! Compassion! �¿ in my opinion, it is not nearly as good as either film, but it does center on relationships to the exclusion of all else. However, I did long to know a bit more about the characters.

Made on a budget of about $1.50, Boyfriends first introduces Paul (James Dreyfus) and Ben (Mark Sands), the long-term relationship couple. Based on their bickering, it seems their relationship is actually almost over.

Then there are the button-down Matt (Michael Urwin), who longs for love, and his partner Owen (Andrew Ableson), a dishonest charmer ready to bolt after three months with Matt. Actually, Owen has an unusual agenda for being with Matt in the first place, and that's all part of some vaguely sitcom-ish plot developments.

Finally, here are Will (David Coffey), a serious social worker, and his boytoy one-night-stand Adam (Darren Petrucci). Adam is young and free-wheeling and his sexual attitudes work change on those around him.

So. All the men involved in Boyfriends seem to be looking for love, in all the right and wrong places, etc. Moreover, there's a lack of sophistication in every aspect of Boyfriends that's annoying after a while, but never mind, the underlying story of relationships.

Romantic comedy is often annoying, orientation notwithstanding.

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