This comic melodrama follows a group of maladjusted scriptwriters who work together on ‘The Love Judge’, a trashy daytime TV show set in a California divorce court. Mark is still grieving for his lover Kenny, but he’s in with a chance for a production job and is besotted with Bill who’s just broken up with his girlfriend. Leslie prefers Ben, the photocopier repair man while the boss Jo is preoccupied with the mysterious stains on her office couch. Fully of campily enjoyable scenes, the film is also genuinely touching. Glatzer delineates a complex set of relationships with assurance in this well structured, carefully nuanced film.
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ACMI Identifier
309083
Language
English
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Coming out (Sexual orientation)
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Gay and lesbian studies
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Homosexuality in motion pictures
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)