‘Bros’ Review, Billy Eichner’s Gay Romantic Comedy Is as Hilar as It Is Historic

Contents:

• 'BROS' TRAILER: BILLY EICHNER TO LEAD FIRST GAY ROM- BY A MAJOR STUD
• THE NUNDM OF BEG THE ‘FIRST GAY ROM- OM A MAJOR STUD’
• GAY ROM- 'BROS' IS LIGHT AND BRIGHT WHILE MAKG MOVIE HISTORY
• BILLY EICHNER’S GAY ROM-COM ‘BROS’ IS AS HILAR AS IT IS HISTORICBILLY ON THE SCREENTHE FIRST MAJOR STUD GAY ROM-, BILLY EICHNER’S NEW MOVIE IS A BIG DEAL. THANKFULLY, S UNAPOLOGETIC BAWDS AND NVENTNAL FORMULA HELP LIVE UP TO HIGH HOP.NICK SCHAGERENTERTAMENT CRICUPDATED SEP. 10, 2022 3:05PM EDT / PUBLISHED SEP. 10, 2022 3:02PM EDT UNIVERSAL PICTURBROS IS A LANDMARK FILM. NOT ONLY FOR BEG THE FIRST GAY ROM- PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY A MAJOR AMERIN STUD (UNIVERSAL), BUT FOR BEG A PERFECTLY FORMULAIC GAY ROM- THAT STARTS WH A BAWDY BANG AND THEN BE MORE STANDARD-ISSUE (AND PREACHY) AS NEARS THE FISH LE.IN BOTH S, THAT N BE VIEWED AS PROGRS, AND BETTER STILL, NICHOLAS STOLLER AND BILLY EICHNER’S EDY—BUTG AT THIS YEAR’S TORONTO FILM FTIVAL BEFORE PREMIERG THEATERS ON SEPTEMBER 30—HAS MORE GOG FOR THAN S GROUNDBREAKG PEDIGREE. NAMELY, HAS A STEADY STREAM OF LGHS, MOST OF THEM URTY OF S HEADLER, WHO EMPLOYS HIS TRAMARK GMPY-TTY-HOSTILE PERSONA FOR A SNARKY AND SERMON-Y SAGA ABOUT FDG YOURSELF AND, THE PROCS, YOUR IAL (IF UNLIKELY) PLEMENTARY HALF.IN HIS FIRST BIG LEAD ROLE FOLLOWG A OF HOSTG THE HILAR BILLY ON THE STREET SERI AND STEALG SCEN ON THE LIK OF PARKS AND RECREATN, EICHNER IS BOBBY LIEBER, A SUCCSFUL NYC PODSTER WHO’S ALSO SPEARHEADG THE CREATN OF THE CY’S MAIN LGBTQ+ HISTORY MM. BOBBY WANTS TO E THIS PLATFORM TO RURRECT THE MARGALIZED STORI OM HIS MUNY THAT HAVE BEEN ERASED BY MASTREAM FORC, CLUDG—MOST NTROVERSIALLY—THAT OF ABRAHAM LLN, WHOM BOBBY AIMS TO OUT A GRAND EXHIB, MUCH TO HIS LBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANS WORKERS’ NSTERNATN.STEPPG ON PEOPLE’S TO ISN’T BOBBY’S NCERN, HOWEVER; WHETHER BROADSTG HIS OWN DISTERT LOVE AND ROMANCE OR CHATTG ABOUT HIS GRIM AND UNSATISFYG GRDR ENUNTERS, HE’S BRASH, UNHIBED, AND MORE THAN A B ABRASIVE. IN OTHER WORDS, HE’S AN EVER-SO-SLIGHTLY FICTNALIZED VERSN OF EICHNER, A MANNER AK TO ADAM SANDLER FUNNY PEOPLE, AMY SCHUMER TRAWRECK, AND PETE DAVIDSON THE KG OF STATEN ISLAND—ALL OF WHICH, LIKE BROS, WERE PRODUCED BY JUDD APATOW. EICHNER AND DIRECTOR STOLLER’S SCRIPT IS STEEPED S STAR’S EXPERIENC AS A SGLE 40-YEAR-OLD MMENT-PHOBE NAVIGATG A DIVERSE GAY MANHATTAN, MARKED BY DNER PARTI WH A UPLE THAT’S HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THEY’RE NOW A “THROUPLE,” AND NIGHTS OUT AT A CLUB WHERE JT ABOUT EVERYONE OTHER THAN BOBBY IS A SHIRTLS, RIPPED HUNK. IT’S AT ONE OF THOSE VENU THAT BOBBY LOCKS EY WH, AND IS TRODUCED TO, AARON (LE MACFARLANE), A STRIKGLY HANDSOME AND BUFF TATE LAWYER WHOM BOBBY’S IEND SCRIB AS “BORG.”GIVEN BOBBY’S PULSIVE HAB OF SAYG EXACTLY WHAT’S ON HIS MD, HE WAST NO TIME LLG AARON BORG TO HIS FACE, ALTHOUGH MORE SURPRISG IS THE FACT THAT THE TWO QUICKLY STRIKE UP A NNECTN—ONLY FOR AARON TO REPEATEDLY VANISH LIKE SOME SORT OF UNRWEAR-MOL VARIATN OF BATMAN. NOHELS, THEY EVENTUALLY BEG TEXTG AND HOOKG UP, SPE THEIR ODD-UPLE DYNAMIC: AARON IS A GGED ALPHA WHO’S TO SPORTS, THE HANER AND GARTH BROOKS, AND BOBBY IS A THEATRIL LOUDMOUTHED ACTIVIST WHO N’T STAY SILENT FOR TWO SENDS. EICHNER’S SCHTICK IS OF A LOVE--OR-HATE- VARIETY, AND MUCH OF HOW BROS PLAYS PENDS ON ONE’S TOLERANCE FOR HIS “ANGRY, JUDGMENTAL” CHARACTER. THAT SAID, STOLLER’S EDY UNRL THAT BOBBY’S IDSYNCRATIC LOUD-AND-PROUD ATTU—AS WELL AS HIS MORE FEME SPEECH AND BEHAVR, PECIALLY PARED TO THE CROSSF-OBSSED, TTOSTERONE-JECTG AARON—IS SOMETHG FOR WHICH HE SHOULD MAKE NO APOLOGI.THE FILM HAS BOBBY PERDILLY EXPOUND ON THE NEED FOR LGBTQ+ VOIC TO BE HEARD AND, JT AS CCIALLY, FOR THEM TO NOT BE SILENCED BY REQUTS TO “TONE DOWN” THEIR FLAMBOYANCE FOR STRAIGHT PATRTS. THOSE MOMENTS ARE TE TO THE STORY AT HAND, YET THEY’RE NOT ALWAYS GRACEFULLY WOVEN TO THE ACTN PROPER, HIGHLIGHTED BY A CREAKY BOBBY BEACH MONOLOGUE ABOUT THE DISCRIMATN HE’S FACED, AND FOUGHT AGAST, SCE CHILDHOOD.BROS EMBRAC S QUEERNS WHILE EXPLAG WHY DOG THAT IS IMPORTANT, AND IF THE LATTER N OCSNALLY MAKE THE FILM FEEL LIKE AN ABC AFTERSCHOOL SPECIAL, ’S NSISTENTLY SHARP WHEN MG BOBBY’S ROLLERASTER EXISTENCE JUGGLG ONE-NIGHT STANDS, PROFSNAL HEADACH AND PKY NEWFOUND EMOTNS THAT MIGHT JT BE—SPOILER ALERT!—LOVE. BOBBY N’T QUE GRASP WHY A GUY LIKE AARON IS TERTED HIM, AND THAT’S UNRSTANDABLE; THE DUO’S Y-YANG CHEMISTRY IS NEVER WHOLLY BELIEVABLE, THIS SPE MACFARLANE’S CHARMGLY LOW-KEY PERFORMANCE AS A JUICEHEAD WHO’S ATTRACTED TO BOBBY FOR HIS TELLIGENCE, SUCCS AND LACK OF RERVE. STILL, THEY MAKE A CUTE PAIR, AND THEIR ABSURD UPS AND DOWNS ARE ALL THE FUNNIER FOR BEG ATTUNED TO THE STGGL OF 21ST-CENTURY GAY MEN, BE THEY WH REGARDS TO INTY AND BODY-IMAGE ISSU, THE PH-PULL BETWEEN SPONTANEO TRYSTS AND LONG-TERM MMENT, OR THE TRICKS OF ALG WH PARENTS—THE LAST OF WHICH, DURG A DNER OUT WH AARON’S VISG MOM AND DAD, SERV AS THE TALE’S FACTO PLOT CRISIS.THROUGHOUT, BOBBY’S QUIPS ARE THE ENGE THAT KEEPS BROS NNG, AND THEY’RE SO SPIKY AND ON-TARGET THAT ’S EASY TO OVERLOOK THE MATERIAL’S HACKNEYED GENRE MANVERS. TWO SEPARATE N-S WH WILL & GRACE VET DEBRA MSG ARE PARTICULARLY CHUCKLEWORTHY, AS ARE BOBBY’S QUEER EYE DN AND AN EXTEND RIFF ON SAME-SEX WBOY MOVI.“NOT ALL GAY PEOPLE ARE NICE!” SCREAMS BOBBY AT FILM’S OUTSET, AND EICHNER AND STOLLER’S FEATURE IS BT WHEN LEANS TO S PROTAGONIST’S AGGRSIVE, ARGUMENTATIVE ENERGY—AND, ALSO, THE DOUBT AND SELF-LOATHG THAT LURKS BENEATH HIS ARSE EXTERR. WHEN BOBBY GETS CREASGLY ANNOYED AT A GRDR REQUT FOR AN ASS PIC, SUBSEQUENTLY CUTS HIMSELF SHAVG HIS REAR END FOR SAID SNAPSHOT, AND THEN GETS REJECTED FOR HIS UNRWHELMG RRIERE, EICHNER TAPS TO A SIMULTANEOLY MAD-AND-MOROSE VE THAT PROV TO BE THE PROCEEDGS’ STRONGT SU. “BROS WALKS S TALK ABOUT WANTG TO CELEBRATE THE THENTIC REALI OF LGBTQ+ AMERINS ALL THEIR MSY, NTRADICTORY GLORY.” REFERENC TO BARBRA STREISAND, CHER, MARIAH CAREY AND HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVI—THE LAST OF WHICH ARE MOCKED FOR PANRG TO QUEER DIENC—ARE ALL PREDICTABLE PARTS OF THE PACKAGE, AND SO TOO IS A THREAT TO BOBBY AND AARON’S BLOSSOMG AMOUR THE FIGURE OF AARON’S FORMER HOCKEY TEAMMATE.BROS WALKS S TALK ABOUT WANTG TO CELEBRATE THE THENTIC REALI OF LGBTQ+ AMERINS ALL THEIR MSY, NTRADICTORY GLORY, AND THOUGH DO THAT WH A FEW TOO MANY ALICIZED SPEECH ABOUT S TENTNS, S SCERY ULTIMATELY WS OUT. MOREOVER, EICHNER AND STOLLER’S CISN TO FASHN THEIR GAY ROM- A VISUALLY, NARRATIVELY AND THEMATILLY FAIAR MOLD HAS THE EFFECT OF FILTERG THE RADIL THROUGH THE TRADNAL (A NOTN UNRSRED BY S UNTRY-MIC FALE).IN THE END, WHAT MAK BROS SO NOTEWORTHY IS THAT TREATS BOBBY AS JT ANOTHER SCREWY ROM- HERO, UNSURE OF HIMSELF AND SECRETLY SPERATE FOR THE NNECTN HE BELIEV HE DON’T NEED. IT’S AN AMG ACT OF CEMATIC NORMALIZATN, PNEERG PRECISELY BEE ’S SO NVENTNAL. NICK SCHAGER

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

Major studs have released gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, and qutng people edi like Love, Simon and In & Out. More5Released: 1997Directed by: Frank OzUpon wng an Amy Award, actor Cameron Drake (Matt Dillon) honors his high school teacher, Howard Brackett (Kev Kle), who he announc, before lns of viewers, is gay.

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. "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 NUNDM OF BEG THE ‘FIRST GAY ROM- OM A MAJOR STUD’

There are plenty of gay and queer romantic edi and LGBTQ+ movi that are romantic, light-hearted, pellg, and edic, like Love, Simon, Bros, and Happit SeasonLove, Simon gaed a lot of attentn and buzz durg s 2018 release, maly bee was one of the first mastream gay romantic edi. For this list, I wanted to highlight some LGBTQ+ movi and gay romantic edi that are worth watchg. (Image cred: Fox 2000 Pictur)Love, SimonLove, Simon follows Simon (Nick Robson), a gay teenager who fears g out.

Simon cis to wre to another stunt who anonymoly posts about beg gay on their high school webse. Rent/buy Savg Face on Amazon(Image cred: Orn Classics)JefeyJefey is a gay romantic edy based on a play.

(Image cred: Lacuna Film)The Way He LooksThe Way He Looks is a Portugue gay romantic edy directed by Daniel Ribeiro. (Image cred: Universal Pictur)BrosBros follows Bobby (Billy Eichner) and Aaron (Le Macfarlane), two gay men who avoid relatnships. For this list, I tried to clu as many movi that reprent different parts of the LGBTQ+ muny (gay, bisexual, qutng, transgenr, lbian, pansexual, etc.

GAY ROM- 'BROS' IS LIGHT AND BRIGHT WHILE MAKG MOVIE HISTORY

However, the world of gay and queer romantic edi and LGBTQ+ movi is nstantly growg, so hopefully a few years, this list will be even bigger. The movie, which was -wrten by Eichner and director Nicholas Stoller, also stars Guy Branam, Guillermo Diaz, Ts Madison, Raven, and Bowen 's the first gay romantic edy film to be released theaters by a major stud and the first wh an all-LGBTQ+ prcipal st, 's not the first gay rom- ever. In fact, there have been several over the years, wh que a few g out the past few years you liked Bros, here are some other gay rom-s you n check out!

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Bros isn't the only big gay rom- released this recently.

BILLY EICHNER’S GAY ROM-COM ‘BROS’ IS AS HILAR AS IT IS HISTORICBILLY ON THE SCREENTHE FIRST MAJOR STUD GAY ROM-, BILLY EICHNER’S NEW MOVIE IS A BIG DEAL. THANKFULLY, S UNAPOLOGETIC BAWDS AND NVENTNAL FORMULA HELP LIVE UP TO HIGH HOP.NICK SCHAGERENTERTAMENT CRICUPDATED SEP. 10, 2022 3:05PM EDT / PUBLISHED SEP. 10, 2022 3:02PM EDT UNIVERSAL PICTURBROS IS A LANDMARK FILM. NOT ONLY FOR BEG THE FIRST GAY ROM- PRODUCED AND DISTRIBUTED BY A MAJOR AMERIN STUD (UNIVERSAL), BUT FOR BEG A PERFECTLY FORMULAIC GAY ROM- THAT STARTS WH A BAWDY BANG AND THEN BE MORE STANDARD-ISSUE (AND PREACHY) AS NEARS THE FISH LE.IN BOTH S, THAT N BE VIEWED AS PROGRS, AND BETTER STILL, NICHOLAS STOLLER AND BILLY EICHNER’S EDY—BUTG AT THIS YEAR’S TORONTO FILM FTIVAL BEFORE PREMIERG THEATERS ON SEPTEMBER 30—HAS MORE GOG FOR THAN S GROUNDBREAKG PEDIGREE. NAMELY, HAS A STEADY STREAM OF LGHS, MOST OF THEM URTY OF S HEADLER, WHO EMPLOYS HIS TRAMARK GMPY-TTY-HOSTILE PERSONA FOR A SNARKY AND SERMON-Y SAGA ABOUT FDG YOURSELF AND, THE PROCS, YOUR IAL (IF UNLIKELY) PLEMENTARY HALF.IN HIS FIRST BIG LEAD ROLE FOLLOWG A OF HOSTG THE HILAR BILLY ON THE STREET SERI AND STEALG SCEN ON THE LIK OF PARKS AND RECREATN, EICHNER IS BOBBY LIEBER, A SUCCSFUL NYC PODSTER WHO’S ALSO SPEARHEADG THE CREATN OF THE CY’S MAIN LGBTQ+ HISTORY MM. BOBBY WANTS TO E THIS PLATFORM TO RURRECT THE MARGALIZED STORI OM HIS MUNY THAT HAVE BEEN ERASED BY MASTREAM FORC, CLUDG—MOST NTROVERSIALLY—THAT OF ABRAHAM LLN, WHOM BOBBY AIMS TO OUT A GRAND EXHIB, MUCH TO HIS LBIAN, BISEXUAL AND TRANS WORKERS’ NSTERNATN.STEPPG ON PEOPLE’S TO ISN’T BOBBY’S NCERN, HOWEVER; WHETHER BROADSTG HIS OWN DISTERT LOVE AND ROMANCE OR CHATTG ABOUT HIS GRIM AND UNSATISFYG GRDR ENUNTERS, HE’S BRASH, UNHIBED, AND MORE THAN A B ABRASIVE. IN OTHER WORDS, HE’S AN EVER-SO-SLIGHTLY FICTNALIZED VERSN OF EICHNER, A MANNER AK TO ADAM SANDLER FUNNY PEOPLE, AMY SCHUMER TRAWRECK, AND PETE DAVIDSON THE KG OF STATEN ISLAND—ALL OF WHICH, LIKE BROS, WERE PRODUCED BY JUDD APATOW. EICHNER AND DIRECTOR STOLLER’S SCRIPT IS STEEPED S STAR’S EXPERIENC AS A SGLE 40-YEAR-OLD MMENT-PHOBE NAVIGATG A DIVERSE GAY MANHATTAN, MARKED BY DNER PARTI WH A UPLE THAT’S HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THEY’RE NOW A “THROUPLE,” AND NIGHTS OUT AT A CLUB WHERE JT ABOUT EVERYONE OTHER THAN BOBBY IS A SHIRTLS, RIPPED HUNK. IT’S AT ONE OF THOSE VENU THAT BOBBY LOCKS EY WH, AND IS TRODUCED TO, AARON (LE MACFARLANE), A STRIKGLY HANDSOME AND BUFF TATE LAWYER WHOM BOBBY’S IEND SCRIB AS “BORG.”GIVEN BOBBY’S PULSIVE HAB OF SAYG EXACTLY WHAT’S ON HIS MD, HE WAST NO TIME LLG AARON BORG TO HIS FACE, ALTHOUGH MORE SURPRISG IS THE FACT THAT THE TWO QUICKLY STRIKE UP A NNECTN—ONLY FOR AARON TO REPEATEDLY VANISH LIKE SOME SORT OF UNRWEAR-MOL VARIATN OF BATMAN. NOHELS, THEY EVENTUALLY BEG TEXTG AND HOOKG UP, SPE THEIR ODD-UPLE DYNAMIC: AARON IS A GGED ALPHA WHO’S TO SPORTS, THE HANER AND GARTH BROOKS, AND BOBBY IS A THEATRIL LOUDMOUTHED ACTIVIST WHO N’T STAY SILENT FOR TWO SENDS. EICHNER’S SCHTICK IS OF A LOVE--OR-HATE- VARIETY, AND MUCH OF HOW BROS PLAYS PENDS ON ONE’S TOLERANCE FOR HIS “ANGRY, JUDGMENTAL” CHARACTER. THAT SAID, STOLLER’S EDY UNRL THAT BOBBY’S IDSYNCRATIC LOUD-AND-PROUD ATTU—AS WELL AS HIS MORE FEME SPEECH AND BEHAVR, PECIALLY PARED TO THE CROSSF-OBSSED, TTOSTERONE-JECTG AARON—IS SOMETHG FOR WHICH HE SHOULD MAKE NO APOLOGI.THE FILM HAS BOBBY PERDILLY EXPOUND ON THE NEED FOR LGBTQ+ VOIC TO BE HEARD AND, JT AS CCIALLY, FOR THEM TO NOT BE SILENCED BY REQUTS TO “TONE DOWN” THEIR FLAMBOYANCE FOR STRAIGHT PATRTS. THOSE MOMENTS ARE TE TO THE STORY AT HAND, YET THEY’RE NOT ALWAYS GRACEFULLY WOVEN TO THE ACTN PROPER, HIGHLIGHTED BY A CREAKY BOBBY BEACH MONOLOGUE ABOUT THE DISCRIMATN HE’S FACED, AND FOUGHT AGAST, SCE CHILDHOOD.BROS EMBRAC S QUEERNS WHILE EXPLAG WHY DOG THAT IS IMPORTANT, AND IF THE LATTER N OCSNALLY MAKE THE FILM FEEL LIKE AN ABC AFTERSCHOOL SPECIAL, ’S NSISTENTLY SHARP WHEN MG BOBBY’S ROLLERASTER EXISTENCE JUGGLG ONE-NIGHT STANDS, PROFSNAL HEADACH AND PKY NEWFOUND EMOTNS THAT MIGHT JT BE—SPOILER ALERT!—LOVE. BOBBY N’T QUE GRASP WHY A GUY LIKE AARON IS TERTED HIM, AND THAT’S UNRSTANDABLE; THE DUO’S Y-YANG CHEMISTRY IS NEVER WHOLLY BELIEVABLE, THIS SPE MACFARLANE’S CHARMGLY LOW-KEY PERFORMANCE AS A JUICEHEAD WHO’S ATTRACTED TO BOBBY FOR HIS TELLIGENCE, SUCCS AND LACK OF RERVE. STILL, THEY MAKE A CUTE PAIR, AND THEIR ABSURD UPS AND DOWNS ARE ALL THE FUNNIER FOR BEG ATTUNED TO THE STGGL OF 21ST-CENTURY GAY MEN, BE THEY WH REGARDS TO INTY AND BODY-IMAGE ISSU, THE PH-PULL BETWEEN SPONTANEO TRYSTS AND LONG-TERM MMENT, OR THE TRICKS OF ALG WH PARENTS—THE LAST OF WHICH, DURG A DNER OUT WH AARON’S VISG MOM AND DAD, SERV AS THE TALE’S FACTO PLOT CRISIS.THROUGHOUT, BOBBY’S QUIPS ARE THE ENGE THAT KEEPS BROS NNG, AND THEY’RE SO SPIKY AND ON-TARGET THAT ’S EASY TO OVERLOOK THE MATERIAL’S HACKNEYED GENRE MANVERS. TWO SEPARATE N-S WH WILL & GRACE VET DEBRA MSG ARE PARTICULARLY CHUCKLEWORTHY, AS ARE BOBBY’S QUEER EYE DN AND AN EXTEND RIFF ON SAME-SEX WBOY MOVI.“NOT ALL GAY PEOPLE ARE NICE!” SCREAMS BOBBY AT FILM’S OUTSET, AND EICHNER AND STOLLER’S FEATURE IS BT WHEN LEANS TO S PROTAGONIST’S AGGRSIVE, ARGUMENTATIVE ENERGY—AND, ALSO, THE DOUBT AND SELF-LOATHG THAT LURKS BENEATH HIS ARSE EXTERR. WHEN BOBBY GETS CREASGLY ANNOYED AT A GRDR REQUT FOR AN ASS PIC, SUBSEQUENTLY CUTS HIMSELF SHAVG HIS REAR END FOR SAID SNAPSHOT, AND THEN GETS REJECTED FOR HIS UNRWHELMG RRIERE, EICHNER TAPS TO A SIMULTANEOLY MAD-AND-MOROSE VE THAT PROV TO BE THE PROCEEDGS’ STRONGT SU. “BROS WALKS S TALK ABOUT WANTG TO CELEBRATE THE THENTIC REALI OF LGBTQ+ AMERINS ALL THEIR MSY, NTRADICTORY GLORY.” REFERENC TO BARBRA STREISAND, CHER, MARIAH CAREY AND HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVI—THE LAST OF WHICH ARE MOCKED FOR PANRG TO QUEER DIENC—ARE ALL PREDICTABLE PARTS OF THE PACKAGE, AND SO TOO IS A THREAT TO BOBBY AND AARON’S BLOSSOMG AMOUR THE FIGURE OF AARON’S FORMER HOCKEY TEAMMATE.BROS WALKS S TALK ABOUT WANTG TO CELEBRATE THE THENTIC REALI OF LGBTQ+ AMERINS ALL THEIR MSY, NTRADICTORY GLORY, AND THOUGH DO THAT WH A FEW TOO MANY ALICIZED SPEECH ABOUT S TENTNS, S SCERY ULTIMATELY WS OUT. MOREOVER, EICHNER AND STOLLER’S CISN TO FASHN THEIR GAY ROM- A VISUALLY, NARRATIVELY AND THEMATILLY FAIAR MOLD HAS THE EFFECT OF FILTERG THE RADIL THROUGH THE TRADNAL (A NOTN UNRSRED BY S UNTRY-MIC FALE).IN THE END, WHAT MAK BROS SO NOTEWORTHY IS THAT TREATS BOBBY AS JT ANOTHER SCREWY ROM- HERO, UNSURE OF HIMSELF AND SECRETLY SPERATE FOR THE NNECTN HE BELIEV HE DON’T NEED. IT’S AN AMG ACT OF CEMATIC NORMALIZATN, PNEERG PRECISELY BEE ’S SO NVENTNAL. NICK SCHAGER

Joel Kim Booster's Fire Island was a terrific example of a gay rom- released on Hulu that h all the right spots. This movie was a morn retellg of Pri and Prejudice, also starrg Bowen Yang, Conrad Rimora, Matt Rogers, and Tomas Matos, set at the gay statn of Fire Island P was one of our favore movi of the year.

This now-classic teen rom- kicked the doors open for gay teen romanc.