{"id":3550,"date":"2016-07-03T12:03:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T16:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3550"},"modified":"2024-02-24T10:53:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-24T15:53:14","slug":"gayby-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3550","title":{"rendered":"Gayby-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gayby-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Director Jonathan Lisecki<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Jenn Harris, Mathew Wilkas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Scott\u2019s Review #441<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reviewed July 3, 2016<\/p>\n

Grade: C+<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gayby (2012) is a sketch-type comedy about two best friends (a gay man and a straight woman) who decide to have a child together.<\/p>\n

Both have reached a certain age and are unhappy to have not found the perfect mate. The story is not novel and feels more like a Saturday Night Live sketch than a film.<\/p>\n

The film is also playing on the success of television comedies like NBC’s Will and Grace, the obvious dynamic of the central characters.<\/p>\n

The two leads are quite appealing in a comic way, have wit (Jenn Harris is deliciously neurotic), and have great timing.<\/p>\n

The subject matter is interesting, though as years go by and more LGBTQ+ topics are covered, \u00a0it is becoming rather dated and not novel anymore.<\/p>\n

The negative is the frenetic, quick pacing of the film, ultimately making it rather off-putting and annoying, to say nothing of the irritating stereotypical, supporting characters.<\/p>\n

They are written so over-the-top that it is tough to take the film as seriously as it should be taken.<\/p>\n

Independent Spirit Award Nominations:\u00a0<\/strong>Best First Screenplay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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