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VHS : Broken Hearts Club, the
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Broken Hearts Club, the starring: Timothy Olyphant, Zach Braff, Dean Cain, Andrew Keegan, Nia Long directed by: Greg Berlanti |
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780767855327 Format: NTSC ISBN: 0767855329 Label: Columbia/Tristar Vid Manufacturer: Columbia/Tristar Vid Publisher: Columbia/Tristar Vid Release Date: August 05, 2003 Studio: Columbia/Tristar Vid Theatrical Release Date: 2000 Sales Rank: 2685 Related Items:
Related Items:      see moreBrowse for similar items by category: Editorial Review: From Amazon.com: After viewing the gay ensemble film The Broken Hearts Club--the subtitle of which helpfully points out that it's "a romantic comedy"--you might feel as if you've been offered a discussion conundrum not unlike the kind that Mike Myers's Linda "Coffee Talk" Richman would put forward: "The Broken Hearts Club is neither romantic nor comedic. Discuss." What it is, rather, is a gay male version of Steel Magnolias, right down to the funeral scene and hospital visit. While decidedly less melodramatic than that Southern chick flick, it still aspires to a kind of big-group love-in feeling that's only vaguely comic. And romance? Well, there's some somewhere, when the characters aren't carping about how the only thing they're good at is being gay. They all wrestle with their Big Issues--should Patrick (Ben Weber) donate sperm so his sister can have a baby with her lesbian lover? Will cynical Dennis (Timothy Olyphant) finally admit he loves just-out-of-the-closet Kevin (Andrew Keegan)? How will love-'em-and-leave-'em Cole (Dean Cain) feel when he's rejected by the closeted movie star?--but to little effect, despite some snappy one-liners and occasional keen observances of gay culture. Writer-director Greg Berlanti's screenplay still feels about two or three drafts away from completion, and when faced with stalling action, he opts for a montage set to one of many Carpenters' songs (covers, not the actual hits themselves). Kudos go to the acidic Weber for infusing what could have been a whiny character with a dry, intelligent wit, and the surprisingly charming Cain, who makes Cole someone you can't really hate too much despite all his faults--it would be like hating a puppy. If only all the characters were half as appealing. --Mark Englehart Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Utterly honest : whether we like it or not, this IS ...... exactly what Gay culture and lifestyle is like in any major city and is funny, unsettling honest (in the way that Gay people hated AL PACINO's racey yet truthful "Cruising" 1981 - sorry boyz, this was 1981 Gay culture), and totally believable and witty. I have to say, that ignoring the AIDS issue, the 'drag' factor (for the most part), and showing that all Gay men are not effeminate, needy or unhappy and promiscous for lack of anything else makes it the one and only film I would show my Mother ... she see my life then; and that of my friends : honestly, and not buttered up like the posh unreality of WILL & GRACE or QUEER EYE (like any masculine Gay man acts or dresses like that! : plezzze!). Honest, believable and totally ... Read More: Rating:  - Great One-Liners, Weak PlotThe Broken Hearts Club is a gay softball team, made up of a group of close-knit friends. The movie follows this group as they try to find themselves...and hopefully discover happiness in the process. There's Dennis, a photographer longing for a life-companion; Kevin, newly out and still struggling to discover who he is; Cole, a egotistical actor who goes through men like Kleenex; Taylor, who is dumped by his long-time partner; Patrick, who feels he is unattractive to other men; and Benji, a club kid mixing with the wrong crowd. Watching over the group is their father-figure and coach, Jack. The movie is an ensemble piece, and the all-star cast works well together. The pretty much all-straight group of guys even manage to convincingly ... Read More: Rating:  - Should not bill itself as a romantic comedy.Realistic or not I found this film extremely unentertaining. A romantic comedy that's as romantic as Hitler and as funny as herpes. A mate loaned me this and I was expecting a nice piece of fluffy entertainment that'd pass a couple of hours one evening, but what I got was a depressing and very bitter movie that left me feeling like crap. I thank god that its not realistic or I would happily jump back into the closet. A group of friends looking for love and I hope for the sake of others that they never find it. The blurb states they have little in common for the fact they play on the same team, on the contrary they are all egotistical, shallow, emotionless young men. I felt very little empathy to any of the characters with the exception of ... Read More: Rating: - HILARIOUS AND CLEVERCould any movie possibly address the issue of relationships (or lack there of) in the homosexual culture and better? NO! The Broken Hearts Club is hysterical and very cleverly written. It uses gay slang...showing definitions between scene changes. I just thought it was amazing! It's a must see. Prepare to laugh. Rating: - Pleasant movieI thought this movie was fun and cute. It's about a group of gay men, who experience different things, some that test their friendships, others that strengthen them. I'm at a loss for characters names but one character has commitment issues, another is dumped by a long time beau who cheated on him, one falls in love and falls into drugs, one is struggling with his sexuality and does eventually come out and is involved with two characters. Another character likes to sleep around and throw them away and gets a taste of his own medicine. One character's sister wants him to donate sperm to help create a child for her partner and herself. The men all play badly on a softball team. It's a cute movie with lots of laughs. My only complaint is, there was ... Read More: |
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