11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pacing Is Slow - But Situations Are Funny., September 12, 2002
This review is from: Kiss Me, Guido (DVD)
KISS ME GUIDO is one of those off beat movies that has a kick to it. It's funny, it's charming and it has a lot of sass to it. It stars Nick Scotti (Bullet, Detroit Rock City) as a straight Italian lover who thinks an add with GWM in it means `Guy With Money' instead of what it really means which is `Gay White Male'.
He then befriends this gay man looking for a roommate to help paying bills played by Anthony Barrile (Sinatra, Hamburger Hill) who has an ex-lover (Played by Craig Chester (Frisk, Bumping Heads) )who has a new boyfriend actor (Played by Christopher Lawford (Exit Wounds, Thirteen Days) ) who is about to put on a play production.
Guido is an actor who has no talent in the people skills area but seems to have a natural affinity for `gay' acting roles until he realizes he must, and has to, kiss a man. The rest is pure comedy. From the straight laced strict Catholic Italian families of New York to the stereo typical `Queens' of gay New York City
The movie made me chuckle and chuckle many times. Cleverly directed by Tony Vitale (Very Mean Men, Jungle Juice) the films makes you believe anything is possible. Fun and charming - all the way around. ...
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A charming little film, February 4, 2003
This review is from: Kiss Me, Guido (DVD)
Not terribly original I guess, but very sweet. I like the actors, and I am a sucker for films that depict the many ways that people who would seem to have nothing in common, form deep friendships. The performances are very broadly drawn ( forget subtiley ), but to great affect. I lived in South Philly for a number of years and this film made me feel right at home.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
breaking past stereotypes (still a dream?), June 1, 1999
This was a pretty good movie. The characters were stereotypical, but thankfully they did seem to manage to break past their stereotypical roles and at least learn to tolerate and have fun with "the other side." Now if only there was a movie that showed that not all gays fit the sterotypes we want them too. A gay guido? Not this time. Be who you are. Enjoy the movie.
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