This documentary is nearly twenty years old now, and it follows a gay couple as they navigate the stressful and exciting journey of their first pregnancy through surrogacy. You get to see it all— the hope, the nerves, and the dramatic hurdles they have to clear along the way. Back in the day, this was probably a massive deal, but since I’ve known a few gay couples who’ve gone through this exact process, some parts felt a bit dated to me. I liked bits and pieces of it, but I also felt like the film stays pretty surface-level. It doesn't really dive into the deep, complicated reality of life after the baby actually arrives. If only raising a kid were actually as simple as this movie makes it look! Erik and Mark have been together in New York for ten years, and since they feel solid in their relationship, they decide they’re ready to raise a child. They start the hunt for a surrogate and eventually connect with Wen, a wife and mom from Maine who agrees to carry the baby for a standard...
Joey is a country boy who comes to live in a boys dormitory. By bad luck, he is forced to hare his room with Jimmy. They hate each other initially but become cordial after a while. Eventually Another boy in the dorm Will starts pursuing Joey and soon they are a couple. Meanwhile this other boy Nuan from school also is in love with Joey. It turns out Jimmy had slept with a girl who is now pregnant. To hide this from everyone, they bring the girl in their room, she even delivers and continue to raise the baby with her without anyone knowing. The friends and other boys find out but they are supportive but Will is unto some evil plans since he doesn't like the closeness between Joey and Jimmy. The baby's mother suddenly disappears leaving the boys to fend for the baby with help from the dorm's momma. At some point Will is unto no good to hurt Joey (unclear). Joey breaks up with him and out of nowhere he gets together with Jimmy.
One thing that shocked me in this series and is almost comical is that every single guy in the show is falling for Joey. He is not even remotely cute or good looking or anything exciting about him but randomly everyone wants to be with him. It was a joke. The story (if there is any) takes forever to build up and the scenes are long drawn. Will and Joey have zero chemistry while they are supposed to be in love for almost 20 episodes. The dubbing is poor where you can hear so much background static noise. The production quality is bad, editor probably slept through his job and seems like no one in the show could care less. It was going all over the place. There was no real resolution for any of the characters. All supporting actors were bad. I don't even know why Jimmy is being portrayed as one of the central character along with Joey when he barely has much to contribute.
I can’t stress enough how bad this show was. It is simply awful and unacceptable for a show released in 2020 and too long of a commitment to sit through. Do not be fooled by some random glowing reviews you will see online. Anyone who thinks this show is any good, needs to get themselves checked. (1/10)
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Although in all fairness, I stilll have so much old backlog to watch and review, I just don't have enough time . ;)
I can't recommend a movie but there is a very good norvegian series (not a bl!) I can suggest if you haven't seen it : Øyevitne. The gay couple is central to the story even if it's not only focused around them. Just don't watch the american or french version, the original norvegian version is the best imo.
My poor Golu, it's not a list of films and recommended series to watch you must have now, it's a whole encyclopedia lol.