Director: Rose Troche
Showtimes:
Saturday, July 17 - 7:15, -
Prince Music Theater
Wednesday, July 21 - 7:15, -
Prince Music Theater
Philadelphia Premiere
Rose Troche�s long-awaited follow-up to Go Fish is a complete departure from her lesbian milestone: a hilarious comedy set in London about the tangled love affairs of a gay man. Failed romantic Leo (Trainspotting�s Kevin McKidd) is just hitting thirty. His kitschy roommate Darren (Tom Hollander) only reminds him what he�s missing, merrily touting Darren�s frequent, illicit meetings with a lusty real estate agent (Priscilla, Queen of the Desert�s Hugo Weaving). So, with nothing to lose, Leo joins a men�s group to bond with his fellow males and get his mind off romance. However, the latter notion didn�t account for sexy straight Irishman Brendan (James Purefoy). But wait...is Brendan straight? For that matter, is Leo? Life is never as black and white as it seems, especially after Leo and his group go on a drum-thumping, chest-banging camping retreat where a snarl of love triangles and jealousy explode. Colorful production design, glossy production values, and an energetic ensemble cast (including Four Weddings and a Funeral�s Simon Callow and Wilde�s Jennifer Ehle) contribute to the lighthearted proceedings, of which Hollander takes the cake. His Darren�s snippy dialogue and misinformed sexual antics are a true highlight. Troche delights in showing the queer community in all their love-tangled permutations, and in Bedrooms & Hallways she continues to rattle the straight/gay/bi boundary lines and shake the sexual tree. The result is a knee-slapping spoof of gay men, the New Age movement and witty send-up of the rigid notion of sexuality.
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