A concise synopsis of gay-themed movies and gay interest films. Click on the photos to enlarge.

Sunday, November 9, 2008

Almost Normal (2005)



















Gay college professor Brad Jenkins ( Andrew Keitch) has a mid-life crisis at age 40 and is tired of being different because he is gay. Brad's best friend Julie (Joan Lauckner) urges him to end his self-pity and attend the upcoming family reunion that he has been dreading for months. The thought of the family gathering causes Brad to drink too much alcohol before getting behind-the-wheel. A violent crash yanks Brad back in time to his high school days, and the transported teenager soon discovers that in this parallel universe all of his former classmates are gay. The world is gay and to be straight is considered deviant behavior. Brad has to decide whether to remain in the past and be "normal" or attempt to return to his old life. Local jock Roland (Tim Hammer), who had ignored him before, now dates him. However, he grows attracted to a girl--his sister-in-law in the real world. Eventually, everyone dances with people of the opposite sex at the school ball, although they are in the gay fantasy world. Brad decides to return to his life as a professor, and is alarmed by a homophobic discourse on TV.

The film describes itself as "Back to the Future meets Peggy Sue Got Married", and that's a good description of this gay-themed comedy. It's good-natured, amusing, and conventional in its storytelling--except that it's a low-budget contemporary fantasy intended for a gay audience. Jonathan Joyner composed the music, and Marc Moody wrote the screenplay and directed.

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