This could have been the usual predictable gay wedding with the usual stock characters of a director's idea of gay people. It is not. Most of the character's in this witty and enjoyable film are ' straight ' and to this viewer everyone gay and straight are in the same boat of relationship confusion. This makes for a really adult comedy drama and works for most of the duration. The Altman-like cross cutting of characters was confusing at first as there was a bit too much baby deaths, and not being able to have babies, which bordered on the boring ( no offence to those with this situation, but it nearly reached saturation in this film ). I do not want to give away any spoilers but the homeless man seemed like a 21st century version of Pasolini's young man in ' Theorem ' gutting everyone to act and think about their lives. What he does to one of the prospective gay husbands reminded me a lot of the sexual disturbance in ' Theorem '. If this Pasolini film is beyond history for most people in this century I would urge viewers to track it down. The internalization of gay self hatred as a sexual turn on for the gay couple was also possibly tasteless to some, and not politically correct which added a welcome transgressive spice to the proceedings. Also please do not turn off after the end credits as another gay aspect comes hilariously into view. All in all an off beat film that could offend both gays and straights, but that in itself is a plus. The minus side is that unlike the stereotypical gay themed film it will not please enough gay people with fixed views or bigoted straights who dislike gay films. But then the director must have known he could not please everyone. I think it a must see and just misses out because of confusion at the beginning of being a truly excellent film. And the colour was terrible! A really major fault this.
Review of Everyone
