Three gay couples get together at the country home of Paul (James Dreyfus) during a tragicomic Easter week-end. All of them are suffering relationship problems. Paul is with Ben (Mark Sands), his companion of five years, but their relationship is unstable because of Paul's continued moodiness over the death of his brother Mark (Russel Higgs). They are the film's central couple, and it is clear how stale the relations between them have grown when Ben, a nonsmoker, accuses Paul of killing his favorite house plant by exhaling cigarette smoke in its direction. Over the weekend, Paul videotapes interviews with his guests and asks personal questions about their relationships and their romantic philosophies. Matt (Michael Urwin) brings Owen (Andrew Ableson), whom he's dated for three months and wants a life-long relationship, but his boisterous personality doesn't suit him. They are an obvious mismatch, with the naive Matt continually pressuring the deceitful, promiscuous Owen to move in with him. Their freewheeling sexual behavior causes problems. Social worker Will (David Coffey) brings Adam (Daren Petrucci), a 20-year old one-night stand he once counseled to meet "happy, well-adjusted homosexuals." As the 6 men, joined by Mark's lover James (Michael McGrath), sort through their own relationships as well as new ones begun during the weekend, happiness and being well-adjusted prove elusive.
In this film about gay couples, we enter a world of complex emotions and different situations. We discover much that needs to be known about gay relationships, emotions, and sexual feelings. But the talk is so focused on issues like commitment, monogamy and compatibility that other aspects of its characters remain unexplored. The plot, acting, and picture quality are mediocre. The screenplay was written by Tom Hunsinger and Neil Hunter, who also directed.
