Craig Chester and Malcolm Gets (particularly this latter hunk, who’s just so winsomely huggable—he seems so right at home, so comfortable with himself) have some real warm moments, and that doesn’t often happen in gay-themed films these days. Unfortunately the pluses of this are more than a few times imbalanced by some of the following minuses:

-An overage of what other review sites have called “gross-out” humor. I really could have stood the diarrhea sight-gag, had its use not been overloaded by the sometimes diarrhetic mouth of a stand-up club’s master of ceremonies (Michael Panes, was it?) and of Parker Posey’s character, herself, upon occasion. Why are such remarks, like the female-bestiality cracks in “The 40 Year Old Virgin” considered such fair game in humor these days? Puke!!

-Perhaps a little over-reliance on Jewish “sensibility-moments.”

-Guess, overall, I just feel that Chester has been around long enough to: know better, turn out something better, just plain old be better. It can’t have been inexpensive to roll out this product, so it just seems he could’a gotten a lot more for his buck (and we for ours).

WHOA…..WHOA……WHOA………STOPPpppp! You know what? I went back and “re-looked” this movie last night, and in the midst of my millionth laugh, it suddenly hit me that I hadn’t really laughed any less the first night. Say, maybe I’ve been trying to make something too serious out of this little production, and that’s not what it’s about at all. It really doesn’t have to be another “Brokeback Mountain” (as great as that was). Isn’t it nice, instead, to have something that keeps our spirits up? Well, you bet.

And we can have all the “sensibility-moments” they can throw at us……cause isn’t there a good, old Hebrew word that just perfectly describes Adam? Isn’t it something like……..Klutz (and a lovable one at that)? And being “sad-sacky,” that can be funny too, can’t it? Right on!

Finally, on an even more positive note (for someone like me who’s always placing gay kissing scenes*** under the old microscope), I’d have to judge that this production has not been afraid to give us a goodly number of ‘osculating-lips-in-action’ shots. Don’t you agree? They weren’t all perfectly aimed, but there were some really good ones.

PS–So, congratulations Adam & Steve, on your wedding, and for being able to live in a world far removed from that of Jack & Ennis.

***And for scenes in which “lip-locks” were done as well or better, try these: “Just A Question Of Love” / “Latter Days” / “All Over The Guy” / “Brokeback Mountain” / “Maurice” / sorry, gotta stop somewhere)

Curious. How can the previous reviewer write a critique of the film and point out the negativity of it and still give four stars. The film was shown in May, 2005 at The Seattle Film Festival. The audience seemed to enjoy the picture immensely; 650 people were turned away from The Eqyptian Theatre on that hot Saturday afternoon. In “rerunning” the film one tends to believe the two leads were over-confident; the plot was hum-drum, unbelievable and somewhat trite. Discussions with others bears this same trend. A plot for another film of this genre might concern a film producer in his early 30′s becoming overly impressed with his success to the point of no longer corresponding with his dad. Remember, boys and girls, “no good deed goes unpunished.” Not “sour grapes,” as in vino veritas, but a fact!

The two leads in”ADAM AND STEVE” are too confident. The plot by the writer/director is trite, unlikely and boring. Cameos by some stars, including one time Academy Award nominee Sally Kirkland, do add a bit of glamour and camp to the obviously threadbare budget. This movie compared to Sundance Film Festival winner of 1999, the British import, “GET REAL,” starring Ben Silverstone and Brad Gorton is apples and oranges. “GET REAL” has class, polish, skillful acting and handsome looking leads. Talent? YES! Why can’t American filmmakers look to their English cousins for the secret of making such films. Inspiration? Try watching either “GET REAL” or “BEAUTIFUL THING.” Save your money for “ADAM AND STEVE” and purchase these two cogent and enjoyable British lifestyles from two distinct class structures of Great Britain’s society. Attn: Mr Craig Chester—

A straight guy shouts out to our heroes “God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve”. Throughout the show we are hoping that they will show him how wrong he is. Adam and Steve met years before, went home together and had a mishap before doing the naughty. Years later they re-meet, fall in love and take a while before they realize where they knew each other from. Adam’s luck-challenged family are hillarious!