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Under One Roof

Under One Roof

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Awful
Review: The "acting," if you can call it that, is terrible. I've seen better high school productions. The production values are so awful as to negate any empathy one might have with the characters. Don't waste your money.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Find another movie...quickly...don't even think about this
Review: The story line was bad. The acting was worse. The production is acknowledged by most as cheap. Enough said. I felt like I had been cheated out of my movie money!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Fantabulous
Review: The was a very whimsical, funny movie representing two simple people just wanting to express and feel...FREELY...love. The idea was great. The dedication of the actors shines through. I appreciate the cultural representation and the fact that it was SWEET, funny and a happy gay film. Which is exactly how life can be! More movies like this Hollywood or S.F., please!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Sweet Romantic Comedy
Review: This movie answers the question: What would happen if a closeted gay guy should happen to fall in love with a tenant in his and his unsuspecting mother's house? This sweet movie, while far from being polished is very absorbing.

I began watching this movie and was somewhat conscious of the fact that this was not a big production. As is the case with many gay films, it makes up for in story what it lacks in production value. Still, about 10 minutes into the movie I found myself completely involved in the story.

Jay, a closeted young man still lives with his mother and grandmother in San Francisco. While there are others who he is out to (his female best friend who his mother is desperately trying to set him up with and his very out gay best friend who keeps trying to set him up with anything that moves)he keeps his sexuality a secret from his mother who he feels would not understand. That is until the day his mother rents their basement to Robert, an adorable gay guy, and things start to heat up immediately.

Should he risk losing his mother's approval on what could be true love...or risk losing the man of his dreams?

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Sweet Romantic Comedy
Review: This movie answers the question: What would happen if a closeted gay guy should happen to fall in love with a tenant in his unsuspecting mother's house? This sweet movie, while far from being polished, is still very absorbing.

I began watching this movie somewhat conscious of the fact that this was not a big production. As is the case with many low budget gay films it makes up for in story what it lacks in production value. About 10 minutes into the movie I found myself completely involved in the story and characters.

Jay, a closeted young man, still lives with his mother and grandmother in San Francisco. While there are others who he is out to (his female best friend who his mother is desperately trying to set him up with, and his very out gay best friend who keeps trying to set him up with anything that moves)he keeps his sexuality a secret from his mother who he feels would not approve. That is until the day his mother rents their basement apartment to Robert, an adorable gay guy, and things start to immediately heat up.

Should he risk losing his mother's approval on what could be true love...or risk losing the man of his dreams?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Fantastic! Funny! Touching! Hot!
Review: This movie is by far one of the best purchases I've ever made. The love story is believeable, the grandmother is awesome and you feel awesome after watching this movie.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: What a nightmare!!!
Review: This must be one of teh worst movies I have ever seen! It is shot like a home-made video and the actors play horribly! I do not know who cast the mother and her son (two main characters), but those people surely know nothing about playing. The movies sucks in every aspect! Save your time and money!!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A touching and hopeful love story
Review: This sensitive, witty, heartwarming tale of standing up for love is a top-notch film you'll want to see again and again. The performance by Jay Wong is moving and convincing. The story tackles some of the hard issues of life, and takes the edge off with a refreshing sense of humor.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Buget film but cute
Review: Yes, it is low budget, and the acting sometimes is a bit stilted here and there, but overall it is a cute film.
Happy Ending and all.

Buy it used or on markdown. You can always donate it to a Gay Youth Organization in your area. What....you don't have one. Well there's a project for you now!!


Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Authentic
Review: Yes, it's low budget. Yes, it's not refined. That is precisely what makes this movie special and believable. It is almost like a watching a documentary about a young man reaching a crossroads in his life and nearly botching it, simply because he has never been at such a crossroads before. I know the acting is not refined. While I was watching the film I came to believe the two actors were lovers before they started filming, reliving what had happened to them in real life. Of course, they weren't. I forgot they were acting. The script doesn't sound like a script. It sounds like real people talking. This is the way two fairly vanilla people of whatever gender do fall in love. Seems to me something so true to life can't be bad. Another reviewer came down hard on the woman playing the young man's mother. She sounded to me precisely like Chinese-American women of her age I have heard on the street in NY or San Francisco. They don't speak English with the same intonation as Tom Brokaw. Yes, the ending is predictable, or is it? No one in the film comes down with AIDS. Now isn't that a switch? It is simply a typical love story with the young people in conflict with a traditional parent. It's almost, "oh, by the way, the two protagonists happen to be of the same gender". That's its strength, taking a predictable story, dropping two guys instead of a guy and girl into it, and acting like it is the most natural sort of film in the world.


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