Jeffrey (Steven Weber) is a young gay neurotic actor in NYC who gives up sex for celibacy because of the AIDS epidemic. He decides to experience different joys such as exercise and body-building. At the gym he meets the man of his dreams, Steve Howard (Michael T. Weiss), a charming HIV+ hunk. He experiences an emotional conflict as he faces his fear in order to accept love. The story is filled with ridiculous homosexual stereotypes that are supposed to be funny. Co-star Patrick Stewart plays Sterling, an older gay decorator whose partner (Bryan Batt) dies of AIDS. Stewart plays a stereotypical gay man to perfection, not at all like his character in Star Trek TNG. This gay romantic comedy is based on the stage play by Paul Rudnick, who also wrote the screenplay. The movie features cameos by Olympia Dukakis, Victor Garber, Gregory Jbara, Robert Klein, Nathan Lane, Camryn Manheim, Kathy Najimy, Kevin Nealon, Ethan Phillips and Sigourney Weaver. One reviewer wrote: "The fact that is obvious to anyone who cares to notice is that this is just a highly pathetic American attempt to be comical and controversial in one ball of wax." Another wrote: "Jeffrey is an amazingly bittersweet comedy of love and lust in the Aids era. The story does have a question for all gay men with or without HIV and also deals sensitively with all aspects of relationships and life with or without the virus." Stephen Endelman composed the original music, and Christopher Ashley directed.
