Bloodless Coup

Who's Paul Lynde? Is He Hot?

I guess I can kind of recommend Another Gay Movie solely on Jonathan Chase's pitch-perfect and so cute delivery of that line, and Jonah Blechman's disturbingly good Lynde impersonation that precedes and follows it. Chase is funny and cute and Blechman is basically Just Jack to the n-th power (minus a good bit of the supposed sluttiness, but happily often much funnier). Beyond that ... well, the movie is both shockingly sweet and filled with far too many easy, pueirle fart and shit jokes. Its four lead characters are all nice and enagaging (and often naked) gay guys, and they are put through all the expected Porky's and American Pie and riffing on every bit of teen-movie cliche nonsense: quiche instead of pie - hilarious!- not ... and what the hell is that Carrie dream sequence doing in this movie? And too often you just want to fast forward through the utterly predictable machinations the plot goes through (and yeah, I get that it's a satire and that's kind of the point, but that doesn't make it interesting). But that said, the cast really is game for a lot, and they are quite fun, and some of the writing is up to their efforts (I must remember to work "Aber-zombie" into my lexicon). Throw in some fun music (Nancy Sinatra sings the theme, and how can you not love a movie that starts with a bouncy, pop classic by Jason Korzen/Barcelona - "Everything Makes Me Think About Sex" has never been more appropriately used) and an extremely funny cameo by Graham Norton as the teacher who's the object of desire of the Jason Biggs-ish character and ... well, it's not amazing filmmaking that you should rush to the top of your NetFlix queue, but it's definitely got a few fun moments.

Oh, and be sure to watch the Mink Stole outtake on the dvd. She's not in the film, and I have NO IDEA WHATSOEVER why that scene was written or filmed for this movie. But she's hilarious. And c'mon, it's Mink Stole - and can you ever get enough of her? Say it with me now - PUSSY WILLOW!!!