The Gay Deceivers was homophobic, juvenile, and, somehow, ahead of s time.
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- MOVITOPICSALL MOVIMOVIE REVIEWSMOVI FEATURMOVIE NOTTELEVISNVIFFHOME THEATRE MOVIE REVIEWSWFF 2014: A GUY GO GAY TO GET THE GIRL—WHAT AN IDT, ED!
- FILM REVIEW; HE'S NOT GAY BUT PRETENDS TO BE. CHAOS ENSU.
- 50 YEARS LATER, THE FILM GAY DECEIVERS IS STILL VERY GAY, VERY BAD
MOVITOPICSALL MOVIMOVIE REVIEWSMOVI FEATURMOVIE NOTTELEVISNVIFFHOME THEATRE MOVIE REVIEWSWFF 2014: A GUY GO GAY TO GET THE GIRL—WHAT AN IDT, ED!
If You Only Knew: Directed by David Sneker. Wh Johnathon Schaech, Alison Eastwood, Jam Le Gros, Gabrielle Anwar. A romantic edy about a young man who pretends to be gay orr to rent an apartment wh his dream girl. His plan backfir when she keeps tryg to set him up wh her male iends." data-id="ma * movie where man pretends to be gay *
Cast & crewUser reviewsTrivia1999PG-131h 47mA romantic edy about a young man who pretends to be gay orr to rent an apartment wh his dream girl. A romantic edy about a young man who pretends to be gay orr to rent an apartment wh his dream girl. )"If You Only Knew" is about a straight man (Schaech) who pretends to be gay so he n get a al on a NYC flat and move wh a betiful woman (Eastwood) who lik to have a gay roomie for secury reasons.
This film is about a gay Che man havg to bow down to parental prsure and marry a lists this film as edy. The plot of this film is probably the life story of many gay men of Che scent. Wai-Tung is gay, and he hasn't told his Taiwane parents.
Although the movie dangeroly close to beg one about gay men love who, their most private moments, look like the most they do is shake hands, Lichtenste ("Streamers") manag wh the subtlt means to nvey a sexual nnectn. Her Wei-Wei is an enigma, a woman wh a penchant for handsome gay men, and the movie is ntent wh leavg her that way. The edy is there of urse, but so is much tenrns and pa as a marriage of nvenience between a gay man and a woman portee unravels.
FILM REVIEW; HE'S NOT GAY BUT PRETENDS TO BE. CHAOS ENSU.
A bumblg office worker is on the wh the smoulrg office ice-queen when he pretends to be a closeted gay man. * movie where man pretends to be gay *
At that time, seemed to have been breakg ground for tolerance om the straight world toward gays, Lee is one of the bt film directors workg the days.
Those same parents produced that child; the mere ia they will turn their backs to a son who is livg openly as a gay man is a plex problem, at bt. But 's not a "gay" film and 's not a "foreign" film, mix the elements really well to a very typilly Hollywood story. Ang lee's The Weddg Banquet is a great addn to gay film.
50 YEARS LATER, THE FILM GAY DECEIVERS IS STILL VERY GAY, VERY BAD
Straight archect pretends to be gay. Tame and dly offensive. * movie where man pretends to be gay *
Younger generatn(s), multi-racial upl, gay upl, gay Asian Amerins, immigrants, pri, fay valu and while I found the endg of this movie somewhat unrealistic (I'll let other viewers ci) I also found the film challengg and optimistic (which is where my realism tak over) should watch this movie if you are Asian gay Asian AND gay or simply want to learn somethg about another culture. Props to Ang Lee for creatg a unique opportuny to look to two very distct and different cultur at the same time: Asian Amerin and gays the early 90s.