This film has many, MANY small flaws.... none of which really detracts measurably. At some point I realized that just about any film like this would have received the same overly cool reception. Why? Because everyone knows from the get-go that it's a "gay movie" and most people also know it's got an un-gay twist in it. So a lot of straight people see it braced for some gut-level discomfort, and a lot of gay people see it prepared to grimace at the un-gay elements. Thus, probably way too many viewers arrive at the theater with their colons already in a knot. Added to this are the perhaps 8 million garden-variety cynics who've trained themselves to loathe anything Madonna is involved in and who will want their voices heard.
No matter. Maybe have a cocktail first, then just sit back and enjoy. Everett and Bratt are quite good, Madonna is adequate (not horrible, but adequate), and several of the smaller roles are done well in spite of the quirky, uneven script -- which, granted, is substandard, but not nearly the atrocity some are making it out to be.
Nobody in the cast will win any awards for this film, and those of us who came for the story won't care.
No matter. Maybe have a cocktail first, then just sit back and enjoy. Everett and Bratt are quite good, Madonna is adequate (not horrible, but adequate), and several of the smaller roles are done well in spite of the quirky, uneven script -- which, granted, is substandard, but not nearly the atrocity some are making it out to be.
Nobody in the cast will win any awards for this film, and those of us who came for the story won't care.