Terrence McNally's Tony award-winning play, a perceptive, often hilarious look and love and life in the AIDS era, is so sharply written and bluntly entertaining that it almost overcomes Joe Mantell's static direction, which is too theatrical.
Love! Valour! Compassion!
Eight men. One summer. Figure it out.
1997 · 1h 48m · R
Drama
Directed by
Joe Mantello
Overview
A group of gay friends spend summer weekends together at a lakeside house in upstate New York. As the season progresses and secrets begin to surface, the complex relationships within the group are sometimes strained and sometimes strengthened.
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Outdoor settings alone do not a movie make, though director Joe Mantello (who also directed the play) seems to be trying.
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