‘Bros’ Movie Review: Billy Eichner’s Gay Romantic Comedy

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Billy Eichner leads the first 'Bros' trailer wh an all LGBTQ st cludg Le Macfarlane, Bowen Yang, Moni Raymund, Ts Madison, and 'RuPl's Drag Race' wner Symone the landmark stud rom- about gay love.

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WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT 'BROS,' THE FIRST GAY ROM- PRODUCED BY A MAJOR STUD

Billy Eichner's upg gay rom-, "Bros," released the first full-length trailer on Thursday, June 16. Here's what to know about the st, plot and more. * gay movie billy *

Hollywood has ma untls romance movi by now — but the first-ever gay rom- two produced by a major motn picture is only g out this year. The movie was wrten by edian Billy Eichner, who is also the first openly gay man to go-wre and star his own film.

The movie also stars SNL st member Bowen Yang, who recently appeared Hulu’s “Fire Island, ” a “Pri and Prejudice” rx set the inic gay vatn statn. "The major Hollywood studs lerally ma 300 movi about DINOSAURS before they ma ONE rom about two gay guys fallg love. Universal Pictur released Wednday the trailer for “Bros, ” the first gay romantic edy to premiere by a major gay rom- was wrten by and stars Billy Eichner, makg the edian and four-time Emmy nomated actor the first openly gay man to ever wre and star his own major stud film.

'BROS' TRAILER: BILLY EICHNER TO LEAD FIRST GAY ROM- BY A MAJOR STUD

Universal Pictur released Wednday the trailer for “Bros,” the first gay romantic edy to premiere by a major stud. * gay movie billy *

"While ’s sane to me that took this long to get this movie ma, ’s still credibly excg to me — and a real sign of progrs — that the same stud makg movi like 'Jurassic World' and 'The Fast and the Fur' is also releasg this R rated gay rom wh an all LGBTQ+ st, and wh as much passn and enthiasm as they release those other films, " Eichner wrote. "Nile Rivelli / Universal PicturDirected by Nicholas Stoller, "Bros" featur Eichner playg an openly gay man, Bobby, who stggl "to fd another tolerable human beg to go through life wh. In the trailer, Eichner's character is seen talkg on a podst about his experience meetg wh Hollywood producers about creatg a romantic film about gay people that "a straight guy might even like.

""They said: 'We jt want a movie that shows the world that gay relatnships and straight relatnships are the same. ' The actor-edian leads the first gay rom- om a major theatril stud alongsi Le Macfarlane, Bowen Yang, Ts Madison, Moni Raymund, and RuPl's Drag Race wner Symone.

‘BROS’ TRAILER: BILLY EICHNER STARS A STEAMY AND META GAY ROM-COM

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Bros Universal unveiled Wednday the first full-length preview of the groundbreakg Hollywood project, which stars Eichner a script he -wre wh director Nicholas Stoller (Neighbors) about "two gay men maybe, possibly, probably, stumblg towards love, " acrdg to a prs release. The trailer follows Eichner's Bobby Leiber, a famo podster approached by a movie stud to wre a gay rom- that appeals to straight people. " he asks the clip, before he explor what means to wre a project that "shows the world that gay relatnships and straight relatnships are the same, " eventually exposg that myth as "bulls---" while Bobby navigat the trici of queer love wh specific to the gay muny — all while fallg for a handsome love tert played by perennial Hallmark Christmas movie hunk Le Macfarlane.

In a letter addrsed Tuday to members of the queer media, Eichner strsed his tentns wh the film to the entire st and crew om the begng of productn, and celebrated the film's landmark stat as "the first gay rom ever released by a major stud" and "the first major stud film wh an all LGBTQ+ st all the rol — even the straight rol. " He also touted his posn as "the first openly gay man to ever wre and star his own major stud film" the statement.

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"And while 's sane to me that took this long to get this movie ma, 's still credibly excg to me — and a real sign of progrs — that the same stud makg movi like Jurassic World and The Fast and the Fur is also releasg this R-rated gay rom wh an all LGBTQ+ st, and wh as much passn and enthiasm as they release those other films. Related ntent: Hey, SNL: Billy Eichner is ready to host and already has the perfect monologueBilly Eichner's Bros rom- will have all-LGBTQ ma st — even the straight rolJoel Kim Booster and Bowen Yang envisn the gay Pri and Prejudice Fire Island trailerDrag Race queen Symone on her Lil' Kim-spired Met Gala look and hilar n- wh Rihanna Bros Bros Billy Eichner leads a predomantly LGBTQ st Universal's groundbreakg gay rom- about two men fdg love unexpected plac. The LGBTQ romantic edy stars Eichner and Le Macfarlane as a gay uple navigatg the plited onle datg world, wh a few obstacl — and people — thrown along the way.

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"I'm never gog to do half-hour episos of Billy on the Street aga, " says Eichner, who also reveals plans for his next project: a gay-divorce edy. “I never thought a major stud would do an thentilly gay film, ” says Billy Eichner, “and treat the same way they would treat Brismaids or 40-Year-Old Virg or Fettg Sarah Marshall. ” Eichner is the star of Bros, the groundbreakg, hilar gay rom- he also -wrote, which — fyg his ial doubts — is due theaters Sept.

"I'm never gog to do half-hour episos of 'Billy on the Street' aga," says Eichner, whose gay rom- 'Bros' is due September. * gay movie billy *

“You don’t s there as a kid thkg, ‘Oh, I uld be the star of this movie, if only I wasn’t gay, '” he says. Bobby’s openg rant, excerpted the movie’s first trailer, is a brilliantly meta attack on the ia of makg a gay movie that’d make straight guys fortable. For me, and a lot of my iends, when we watch some of those shows, although there are gay characters, we don’t regnize those people.

I’m my forti, and I look around at movi general — about straight people, about gay people, pecially edi — and say, “Where are the adults?

Nick Stoller is a straight guy; you said that he tght you how to wre a movie and you tght him about gay culture. As much as I love those movi, for gay people, pecially gay men, they never applied and they certaly don’t apply now.

The film is the first gay romantic edy wh a mostly LGBTQ st to be given a wi release by a major stud. It took a disappotg $4.8 ln s first weekend. * gay movie billy *

I wrote all the segments, and they were very topil — they took on polics and pop culture, and I was very open about beg gay. There was a sketch that got very specific about gay sex, and straight sex, was lled “Sex Talk. ” To get onstage 2003 and talk explicly about gay sex, even New York Cy, was really phg people outsi of their fort zon.

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You’ve said that you never experienced homophobia until you entered the entertament bs. And I’m not sayg they were dyg for me to be gay, or absolutely thrilled that I was gay, but they knew who I was really early on.

There’s a part Bros where a teacher qutns whether elementary-school kids are old enough to learn about gay history.

Did that end up beg more timely than you expected given what’s gog on Florida wh the “Don’t Say Gay” law?

Billy Eichner’s gay romantic edy — -starrg Le Macfarlane and Guy Branum — is msy, funny, and ultimately charmg when isn’t weighed down by all the firsts. * gay movie billy *

And, I thought, “What if we did a gay versn of [the 1989 Michael Douglas-Kathleen Turner film] The War of the Ros?

We get gay people fallg love and gay teenagers fallg love, and everythg is betiful and hunky-dory. Jt bee we n get married don’t mean that marriage is the answer to everythg for gay people, and that all those marriag are gonna work out.

I jt liked the ia of two gay men really beg able to go at , you know, emotnally and physilly. You tell him somethg like, “Someday you’re gonna play gay and w an Osr, and I’m still gonna be on the street dog this sh.

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