From the cover, I had the vague idea that the actor in this movie, Justin Bartha, is cute. It turns out he isn't bad looking here. And in fact, my gaydar was set off pretty heavily while watching this movie. This despite the fact he plays a nominally straight unlucky-in-love guy who gets picked up by the quite a bit older Catherine Zeta-Jones. His character is just way too passive in a way that younger gay men can sometimes be when pursued. He is pursued by Zeta-Jones in a way that might seem familiar to gay guys, if her character was male. Maybe the script came from a gay guy, and Bartha's just an amazing actor. (But if so, why would he try to act like a gay guy...)
I did a little online search and found that Bartha is currently cast as one-half of a gay couple in an NBC sitcom "The New Normal" which premiers in September.
Oh yeah, the movie review. It's not very good.
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