Rating: 
Summary: The genre deserves better
Review: When I found this DVD on the shelf several months ago, I purchased it with high hopes. It appeared to have a superior cast, and hopefully, high production values. The director seems to know that conflict drives that plot, but all of the conflicts were easy shots: Not Only Am I Gay, But My Lover Comes From A Different Culture And Her Family Doesn't Accept Me and Gee! Her Sister Can't Conceive And They Want Me To Have The Baby.Every plot point was so obvious and every outcome completely predictable that the conflicts seemed contrived and provided no tension for the viewer. Additionally, the story really drags and the director's sense of comedic timing is terrible. Whether from the reference of a Hollywood production, a domestic Indy, or a foreign film this movie has to top the list for poor comedic timing. I am more that willing to let a director like Jim Jarmusch move things along at a snail's pace, because the payoff will be there. I also enjoy the spectrum from belly laughs to subtle humor. Unfortunately, this is a movie of cheap shots, a superficial script and terrible direction. One quarter way through it, I thought the cast deserved better. Halfway through it, I thought the genre deserved better. By the end, I was shaking my head regretting that this creativity-starved genre had yet another entry that amounted to nothing more than cannon fodder for a target audience craving expression and true representation. This genre deserves superior casts, scripts, continuity and direction so that it can quit being the stepchild of films. The cast was good, doing the best they could with the material and direction. In a genre filled with vapid misfires, one out of four is perceived as good. As viewers, we should demand better.
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