Bros
2022
Manhattan, New York
Nicholas Stoller
Corporate Gay Rom-Com
What’s it all about: Billy Eichner is a Native New Yorker who really knows how to work the city. He’ll walk from Christopher Street to Lincoln Center via the George Washington Bridge to shake off bad Grindr sex, for instance; or he’ll take his date all the way from a crowded Hell’s Kitchen bar to the deserted DUMBO waterfront just to break up with him in the most scenic way possible.
First Encounter: in theaters
Prostitute Index: nil
Death By: queer trauma coaster
Relics: gays who live in the west side bubble
Hoops: a supporting cast of POC Joan Cusacks with little to do but check boxes and cheer for the white couple
Heartthrobs: Luke Macfarlane, Ts Madison, Justin Covington
Pass/Fails the Test of Time: shirtless circuit parties
LoFi Magic: all-out casting (Amanda Bearse, Jai Rodriguez); Kristin Chenoweth’s Stonewall fascinator; Hallheart’s “Christmas with Either”; the childhood dream of making little chocolates
Words to live by: “We had AIDS. They had Glee.”
Makes me want to: see where this evolves. maybe a movie called “Queers” instead of “Bros”?
Candotti Take: “The smart guy he was talking too much, right? I mean, how can a Bro really handle a non-Bro? It happens only in the movies.”
Worth a watch/rewatch: Yes
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