{"id":3550,"date":"2016-07-03T12:03:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-03T16:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3550"},"modified":"2026-09-05T16:06:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T20:06:37","slug":"gayby-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3550","title":{"rendered":"Gayby-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Gayby-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Jonathan Lisecki<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Jenn Harris, Mathew Wilkas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #441<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/70234883-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3552\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/70234883-1-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70234883\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/70234883-1-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/70234883-1.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed July 3, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: C+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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<p>Both have reached a certain age and are unhappy that they haven&#8217;t found the perfect mate. The story is not novel and feels more like a Saturday Night Live sketch than a film.<\/p>\n<p>The film also plays on the success of television comedies like NBC&#8217;s Will and Grace and the obvious dynamic between the central characters.<\/p>\n<p>The two leads are quite appealing in a comic way, have wit (Jenn Harris is deliciously neurotic), and have great timing.<\/p>\n<p>The subject matter is interesting, though as years go by and more LGBTQ+ topics are covered, it is becoming rather dated and no longer novel.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>They are written so over-the-top that it is tough to take the film as seriously as it should be taken.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Independent Spirit Award Nominations:\u00a0<\/strong>Best First Screenplay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gayby-2012 Director Jonathan Lisecki Starring Jenn Harris, Mathew Wilkas Scott&#8217;s Review #441 Reviewed July 3, 2016 Grade: C+ 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. Both have reached a certain age and are unhappy that they haven&#8217;t found &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3550\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gayby-2012<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,49,41,215,227,337,122,45],"tags":[3270,12595,12594,3518,3517,3519,12593],"class_list":["post-3550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2012-films","category-comedies","category-indiefilms","category-indie-comedies","category-indie-romantic-comedies","category-lgbt-comedies","category-gay-films","category-romcoms","tag-adam-driver","tag-dule-hill","tag-jack-ferver","tag-jenn-harris","tag-jonathan-lisecki","tag-matthew-wilkas","tag-mike-doyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3550"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24361,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3550\/revisions\/24361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}