26 year-old Ethan Green (Daniel Letterle) lives with roommate Charlotte (Shanola Hampton) in a house owned by his ex-boyfriend Leo Worth (David Monahan) in West Hollywood. Ethan has been dating former pro baseball player Kyle Underhill (Diego Serrano), so when Leo says he plans to sell the house, Ethan starts dropping hints to Kyle that they should live together. But when Kyle actually asks him to move in, Ethan breaks up with him. Ethan hooks up with a younger man, Punch Epstein (Dean Shelton), who works in a real estate office. Together they delay the sale of Leo's house by convincing him to sign with the LA's worst realtor, the chronically depressed Sunny Deal (Rebecca Lowman). After a one-night stand, Ethan has decided he wants to get back together with Leo. Unfortunately, Leo has become engaged to an abusive control freak, Republican Chester Baer (Scott Atkinson). Ethan's event planner mother has agreed to plan their commitment ceremony. Leo, Punch and Kyle end up in a threesome in Ethan's bedroom. Punch decides that Ethan isn't mature enough and dumps him. Kyle, who was considering taking Ethan back, abruptly changes his mind. Chester forgives Leo and they go ahead with their plans. The house sells, Charlotte and Sunny move in together and Ethan signs a lease at a local retirement community. Ethan crashes the ceremony but only to give Leo his blessing. At the altar, Leo has an anxiety attack and has to be taken away in an ambulance. A few days later Ethan settles in at the retirement community and the screen fades to black with the words "The End". The screen fades back up on Leo talking with a lady retiree. As Ethan stands nearby, Leo tells her that he gave Chester his ring back and broke up with him. Leo has realized that he still loves Ethan. He and Ethan reconcile and the film ends as they kiss.
This movie is a romantic comedy about a gay man with difficulties in dating and finding a rented apartment. It's based on Eric Ormer's syndicated comic strip that appears in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender publications. The strip's title character is Ethan Green and it was started in 1989. Director George Bamber's adaptation is entertaining, some characters are gay stereotypes, and it's difficult to sympathize with Ethan's problems. The film does not challenge intellectually, but it does contain some scenes that make it fun to watch. Since this is a low budget production, there was little opportunity to illustrate the sci-fi themes that are in the strip. Viewers not familiar with the strip will still understand it. Roy Firestone composed the original music, David Vernon wrote the screenplay, and George Bamber directed.
