Marc (Michael Shawn Lucas) is an aspiring actor in Greenwich Village who works a day job taking phone orders for tickets to the shows he wishes he was in. He searches the obituaries in order to find an apartment, but currently shares an apartment with eccentric, unemployed Cynthia (Mara Hobel), who wants to work for "Vanity Fair" and keeps leaving phone messages for Tina Brown that are never returned. Cynthia supports herself with the help of her father's charge card, but eventually is financially cut off. Robert (Aaron Williams) is another struggling actor who also dreams of getting a break as a writer and composer of Broadway musicals. Marc explains to his best friend Robert the concept of the "grand gesture". Its when you swallow your pride, buy flowers or something, and let that special person know you're in love with them. Robert is in love with Marc, but rather ordinary-looking, so he doesn't meet the standards of hunky Marc, who is looking for a perfect 10. Marc thinks he might have found his dream man in David (Hugh Panaro), a studio musician, until he discovers that David is not all he seems to be. When Robert finally makes his "grand gesture" to Marc, he does it with a sweet song. The film has a happy and warm-hearted ending.
This quirky romantic comedy about three recent college graduates is fun, improbable, and amusing. The complexity and frustration of finding true love in the gay community is explored nicely by the talented cast with a clever story and memorable music. Mara Hobel's more notable previous role was playing Christina Crawford in the film version of "Mommie Dearest", one of the great camp classics of all time. Cindy Soltoff and Elliot Sokolov composed the music score. Written and directed by Victor Mignatti.
