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Review: "Mr. Right" Doesn't Get Too Much Wrong


James Lance as Harry

At the beginning of Mr. Right, a world premiere movie airing this Sunday as part of Logo’s Sunday night Fall Film Festival, Louise has just one small request of her video dating service:

That her next date not be gay!

Unfortunately, she’s drawn to gay men and that isn't especially helpful when trying to date. All of Louise's close friends are gay, and soon we meet them: Harry, who hates his job as a TV producer and is, more or less, in love with Alex, an aspiring actor with determination, but not much luck or talent.

William is a rugby player in love with Larrs, a soap opera star, but his nine-year-old daughter is determined to sabotage their relationship. Finally, there’s Tom, a successful artist, and his handsome “kept boy” Tom who happens to be in love with Harry.

We also meet Paul, the “straight” boyfriend Louise is lamenting about in the opening credits, but rest assured: that storyline is there only for very occasional comic relief.

Mr. Right, written and directed by brother-and-sister team of David Morris (the writer) and Jacqui Morris (the director), is actually a full-fledged ensemble drama about the rest of her friends: how each tries, and sometimes fails, to make love work with their respective boyfriends.

In other words, it's about the gay guys' search for Mr. Right, not Louise's.


Jeremy Edwards as "straight" Paul

The film is a British import, and to its great credit, the characters not the simplistic ones you tend to see in gay cinema: the "slut," the innocent newbie, the drag-queen-with-a-heart-of-gold. They're complicated.

Sometimes they're too complicated. There a lot of storylines to follow, and it takes a fair bit of time for some of them to get going.

But once you get all the characters straight  — and get it into your head that the movie is really not the bouncy romantic comedy that it promises to be in the opening sequence — some of these stories are surprisingly affecting. And just as they're not obvious characters, the conclusions to their stories are not the obvious ones you expect.

Mr. Right airs Sunday, November 8th at 10 PM on Logo (and will be available for streaming at LogoOnline.com).

Watch the trailer:
Yorkshire_Guy's picture

I might be wrong but...

From looking at the trailer it seems that William (the very hunky Rocky Marshall) is paired with Lawrence (Leon Ockenden), not Larrs. And it's actually Larrs who's the "kept boy" of Tom's.

I really want to see this film, can't seem to find it anywhere online and I don't think Logo videos play in the UK :( maybe I'll see what people make of it before buying the DVD.

 

Alex :)

Kitty's picture

I tried to watch the clip, but failed

There was this constant beeping tone in the background that was sooo irritating.

Kitty

My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard, and they're like it's better than yours. ~Kelis

Yorkshire_Guy's picture

I really want to see this film!

I don't think i can watch videos from the Logo website from the UK. Actually...it lets me watch the first 12 minutes or so then say's not available in your country. I understand if it's only for people within the US but why show the first 12 minutes? Now I'm intrigued and want to watch the rest, but can't find it anywhere! Especially annoying as it's an English film :(

 Alex :)

gabriel oak's picture

Thanks for the Review

I watched the film after reading the review and enjoyed it. The actors were all appealing and the story wasn't predictable. I find it hard to watch films on Logo even with my DVR because the commercials sees to chop pieces of the film out. The ending of the film seemed abrupt and I wondered if something had been cut. I found the actors who played Harry the TV producer and William the soccer player particularly attractive and would love to see more of them.