Two men with commitment problems attempt a relationship.
- Released:
- Runtime: 120 minutes
- Genre: Comedy, Romance
- Stars: Billy Eichner, Luke Macfarlane, Ts Madison, Monica Raymund, Guillermo Díaz, Guy Branum, Amanda Bearse, Miss Lawrence, Symone, Bowen Yang, Benito Skinner, Harvey Fierstein, Jim Rash, Brock Ciarlelli, Dot-Marie Jones, Kristin Chenoweth, Debra Messing, Eve Lindley, Jai Rodriguez, Matthew Wilkas, Peter Y. Kim, Justin Covington, Ryan Faucett, Becca Blackwell, D'Lo, Dahlia Rodriguez, Derrick Delgado, George Dvorsky, Jamyl Dobson, Ben Stiller, Kenan Thompson, Amy Schumer, Jillian Gottlieb, Rick Crom, Everett Quinton
- Director: Nicholas Stoller
Comments
- danielbenyei - 15 April 2024
Dumb movie with unlikable characters.
I'm a gay man. Did not have any expectations for this movie, but oh boy, it was awful. The main character Bobby is an awfully written one, annoying and could be a villain in any movie. Who the gell would want to be with this guy? All he does is complain about every little thing, his whole personality is about being gay, but in an insanely annoying way.
I literally did not care whether this movie will end with happy ending or with a sad ending, the whole "relationship" is so fake just like the whole movie.
I usually never write reviews at all, but I don't want this movie to be a representation of Gay culture, this does not help with acceptance, rather does the opposite. - starmackj - 30 August 2023
If you're gay, don't watch this
This is clearly a movie by gay people to try and get straight people to watch it. Every character is insufferable, and it is extremely pandering and doesn't actually tell a story that is good. It's irritating and hard to watch. Billy Eichner created a character who never stops talking and and then gets mad when someone finally asks him to stop. I loved that it cast actual queer people to play queer characters, but that's where it stopped. I maybe laughed twice I. The whole movie and it was at people who I believe improved a line. Also, that song at the end was a nightmare and nobody needs to hear that. - rachelfeltsrnbsn - 12 June 2023
Joyfully entertained
I am so disappointed with some of these reviews. Seems that some ( most my own community) has missed the satire of this film. The point is it's suppose to be cheesy. It's an alternative universe from what we are living in. We live in a society where hallmark has just begun to make movies with same sed undertones. Hear that one one time... just started to have undertones. This movie is funny, and wholesome and bravo truly to Luke McFarlane for coming out and daring to be in this film. I hope it shook all the little white ladies at home. I laughed, I got teary eyed, and was so surprised by this film. - dadaltd-65804 - 30 December 2022
Pros & Cons of Gay Rom Com
The holiday gave me an opportunity finally to view the movie Bros, and overall, I enjoyed it. During subsequent viewings, I became both more aware of its weaknesses and more impressed at its boldness, its audacity; by which I do not mean either its adult language or sexual content, but its redefining the messages of love and relationships and acceptance. It's no small feat to break ground within a conventional paradigm, especially one that is as commercial and conservative as the Hollywood romantic comedy.
Before proceeding, let me confess that although I enjoy a good rom-com, I have a preference for serious drama, such as the works of playwright and activist Larry Kramer, whom we see early on in a photograph with the main character Bobby Lieber, played by Billy Eichner, or the plays of Terrence McNally, who is referenced in the family dinner. (BTW, the actual title of the play is "Love! Valour! Compassion!) Like my gay friends who have watched the movie, I was taken aback somewhat by the main character's stridency in the first act, his barreling through his monologues, and some of the audacity went too far for me. I've had no feedback from my straight friends, most of whom will not see the film. One example of what did not work for me was the black grandparents' response to their grandson's throuple. Their reaction simply didn't ring true. Even exaggerated comedy and farce (and so much of entertainment is in-your-face grotesque these days -- but that's another discussion) has to be grounded sufficiently in reality. This scene hit a false note for me, and as such would not have been missed if it had ended up on the cutting room floor.
To my surprise more of my gay friends than expected had not seen the film, and despite Eichner's appearance on Colbert and coverage in the gay press, one New York friend wrote me in explanation: "I think it was unfortunate how the film was marketed, from the (few) print ads and the (misleading, but also rare) trailers, to the fact that the studio professed a push for 'the gay rom-com' but actually dumped it in theaters. I truly don't know more than a couple of gay guys who even saw the movie. It wasn't advertised much in the gay press. No one was aware that it was a film that actually dealt with actual issues. It now reinforces the factoid that gay films don't make money." A lack of development in secondary characters, is also a weakness of the film; something, for example, that the excellent Netflix Catalonian series Smiley, which covers similar territory and is probably more palatable for straight audiences, does not suffer from. There are other flaws in Bro, but I'd rather emphasize its strengths.
It is dialogue driven and for the most part the dialogue is intelligent and sharp and funny. Like our hero's love interest, Aaron Shepherd, played by Luke MacFarlane, one can grow weary of a boyfriend incessantly being a gadfly provocateur. However, thanks both to Eichner's writing and performance, the aggression, the defensive walls of verbiage that color his legitimate anger and zeal come tumbling down and like his paramour, I soon came to warm to and sympathize with the guy. Lieber/Eichner's confession while sitting in the Adirondack chair on the Provincetown beach spoke eloquently and directly to my own and many, many others' experiences. The climax where he rejects Aaron was also deeply moving and spot on. These moments are not the corny, dare I say cheesy, Jerry McGuire "You complete me," but an authentic, well-articulated, pained expression. The characters earn their love and transformations. That is the highest praise in my book for successful fiction.
Eventually I rose to the occasion of some of the audacity, understanding it wasn't just over-the-top Saturday Night Live exaggeration straining for laughs (or pandering to straight audiences), but at its best an actual expression of the humanity and a new generation's bolder perspective, and I have to commend Mr. Eichner for his bravery. I learned from the movie in this respect.
And what more can you ask of a rom-com than to be moved, to laugh and cry, and also to be changed a little like the very characters in the movie, vicariously to undergo some of the arc of the characters' own transformations. In the end, I can only say thank you, Mr. Eichner, and oh how I wish my lover, my friends, and so, so many colleagues had lived to see the day and share in this experience.
IMHO D. A. Dorwart. - robd003 - 14 December 2022
Like watching maggots for 115 minutes
I tried viewing the movie with an open mind but it's just completely unwatchable. The humor is terrible and everything is an over the top caricature of fake flamboyant Hollywood gay culture. There's a sense of undeserved smugness throughout the movie, as if the whole point is to just offend half the country with little regard to actually entertaining the audience. You could easily cut out 45 minutes from the end of the movie and nothing would be lost.
Hopefully this is an expensive lesson to Hollywood that just because something is "gay" doesn't mean audiences will flock to it. Billy Eichner had some of the worst acting I've ever seen. - Moviecrumbs - 4 December 2022
Such a fun Rom-Com!
This was such a fun movie! It was more on the Comedy side than the Romantic side which I loved! Billy Eichner Did such a great job with this role!
Overall 6/10 ------------- * Plot (Story Arc and Plausibility) - (1/1) * Attraction (Premise & Entertainment Value) - (1/1) * Theme (Identity & Depth) - (0/1) * Acting (Characters & Performance) - (1/1) * Dialogue (Storytelling & Context) - (0/1) * Cinematography (Visual Language & Lighting, Setting, and Wardrobe) - (0/1) * Editing (Pace & Effects) - (1/1) * Soundtrack (Sound Design & Film Score) - (0/1) * The "It" Factor (One-of-a-Kind & Transcendent) - (1/1) * Enjoyment - (1/1) - call_dip - 25 November 2022
Its a soul soothing story
Movie has delight recipe with humor. Dialogues are fun. Screenplay is immaculate, you never feel a jerk during the whole movie. The twists are realistic no matter how cliche people claim to be, but you have to include the still-holding-reality, no matter how mundane the scene be.
It's not targeted to be soul provoking or society shaking movie. I don't always want to see one of those. Sometimes, I just want to watch a movie where protagonist cries watching a parody of Queer eyes giving people haircut and a pair of pants as a makeover.
Go have a good time, with your partner or alone. Go if you want to educate about the LGBTQ or not. Go if you just want a light comedy,in either case, it's a good treat. - MichaelKeith - 6 November 2022
Singing in the shower ...
I am not usually a fan of Billy Eichner and his normal shtick of being the angry gay guy. My husband asked me to watch this with him and I begrudgingly said yes.
Within ten minutes I was sucked in and realized this time I was wrong. Is this movie perfect? No, but this movie has heart and shows gay love without it being just about sex, death or hatred. It shows it as normal, which it is. It shows the truth, the awkwardness and the regular life of a gay relationship. This film is not exactly my story, which is part of the point of the movie. None of us are exactly the same. We are different and that's okay. Even with all that it's closer than any movie has ever been in my opinion.
Also I had no clue that Billy Eichner could sing. Definitely surprised by that. The song he sang at the end had me getting big eyes. I butched up and held back the tears. 😉
Thank you Billy. Big hugz!
