AndyCF

This is not the rom-com that we've been waiting for. There has been little thought by the director/writer of a film that moves as well as makes us laugh. The premise of a campy museum covering LGBQ history is rather inappropriate; it's like Ken Burns working with Rupaul. Except for an amusing cameo by Debra Messing, laughter was scarce. Not the kind of film I would recommend or write about in great detail.

Even as a gay man who empathizes with the plight of the main character, I find that this film, as sensitive as it is, is grossly overrated. I have read the overwhelming praise of the animation which I don't understand; it is basic, jerky, without the extra frames to make the action flow. But worse are the expressionless characters, who seem to be in shock for the entire length of the film. There is no complexity of emotion, and when the off-screen narration of the main character claims "he couldn't stop crying," there is no visual evidence. When you rely on off-screen narration to fill in the gaps, despite the fact that the actual people who lived through this nightmare are used, but don't have the ability to emote, you are making excuses for the oversight. The live action news footage, shown boxed like home movies, is hardly adequate. A movie that relies on what it can tell you instead of show you is not a good movie. Film is a visual medium (duh) and this film fails miserably. what a missed opportunity!