By Carrie Rickey
Inquirer Movie Critic
Love's tangled bedsheets conceal just enough to tantalize in Bedrooms & Hallways, a comedy of manners from Rose Troche, whose Go Fish likewise cast a cocked eye at modern mating rights.
If this cheery, cheeky film set in London has a philosophy, it's that heterosexual and homosexual are inadequate categories to describe human affection. What matters is whether a person is sexual or not.
That's the conclusion drawn by Leo (Kevin McKidd) a romantic who isn't getting any romance until he joins a men's goup and confesses his attraction to another member, Brendan (James Purefoy). The New Agey group, facilitated with drum-beating tribal fervor by a straight-faced Simon Callow, is a hoot; likewise its female counterpart.
Brendan, coming out of a long-term heterosexual relationship, finds his curiosity piqued, but he's not sure if he's ready to come out. And Leo, who is sure that he's gay, gets confused when his girlfriend from when he was a teenager makes a surprise re-entry into his life. A charming roundelay that suggests sexual confusion is a necessary phase before sexual clarity, Bedrooms & Hallways is the ideal date movie for everyone.
Bedrooms & Hallways-- 3 stars out of 4. Directed by Rose Troche, written by Robert Farrar, featuring Kevin McKidd, James Purefoy and Jennifer Ehle. I hour, 36 mins. No MPAA rating (profanity, nudity, sexual candor).
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