Mr. Right (2009)

Mr. Right: Directed by David Morris, Jacqui Morris. With James Lance, Luke de Woolfson, Benjamin Hart, Georgia Zaris. Harry hates being a TV producer and dreams of leaving his job to travel the world. He loves Alex, an aspiring actor who is struggling to create an identity for himself as a performer. Rugby player William’s nine-year-old daughter is intent on sabotaging his relationships with new boyfriends, and he’s finding it difficult to let Lawrence, the soap star, into his life. Lars is a handsome sometime-model kept by Tom, a successful artist, who will excuse his every betrayal so long as Lars doesn’t leave him.

“Iu0026#39;ve seen plenty worse gay movies, thatu0026#39;s for sure. First of all, for American gays, this is a British production. I always find it more interesting to see gay life depicted in other cultures. Even if the movie is terrible, you can at least look at the different sets, locales, etc.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe primary conceit of this movie–that a woman introduces her boyfriend to her gay friends and that makes him gay–is just sketched at. Essentially, weu0026#39;re observing her friends and their friends and their various respective lovers as they interact. Some of the characters are downright unlikeable, but how is that not true to life? At least among this bunch, some have interesting jobs, like the guy who produces a house/swap decorating show. And I liked the interaction with the aspiring actor/caterer and his family. When the actor/catereru0026#39;s phone rings, his straight brother says, there it is, your agent. You got the lead in that snuff film. The mother looks up from her plate. What movie, she asks? Itu0026#39;s funny.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAs with most Brit movies, there is class friction which may go over the heads of Americans who are not attuned to the differences between posh and non-posh accents. And thereu0026#39;s the usual clichéd urban gay men problems, lust, jealousy, money, jobs, etc. They ARE clichés, but letu0026#39;s face it, theyu0026#39;re clichés for a reason–the problems exist.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eUltimately the movie fails, because, if itu0026#39;s primarily about a straight man becoming gay when exposed to gay life, thatu0026#39;s the weakest part of the movie. Like I said, hardly sketched in. Itu0026#39;s just an excuse to show gay life. I think the movie might have been better, in fact, if that flimsy framework had been abandoned. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAll in all, I found this an easy watch, and it held my interest, despite the clichés, despite some unlikeable characters. If you approach this with lowered expectations you might actually like it. Faint praise, I know. But I have to give it, because the movie is a lot better than the other review would have you think. (And at this writing, thereu0026#39;s only one other review.)”