Product Details

• Actors: Jay Harrington, Julie Bowen, Brooke Langton, Michael Ian Black, Saul Rubinek
• Directors: Dave Diamond
• Writers: Dave Diamond
• Producers: Dave Diamond, Billy Parks, John Saviano, Raul Celaya, Scott Adderton
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Lions Gate
• DVD Release Date: December 13, 2005
• Run Time: 91 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BQYX4M
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #120,850 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Partner(s)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

An enterprising lawyer, action on a report that a female colleague is up to make partner, plays up the established rumor that he’s gay in order to better his chances at edging out his competition.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Funny Romantic Comedy, December 16, 2005

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Jane (New York City) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Partner(s) (DVD)

Very entertaining and funny romantic comedy, plays a bit like a 90 minute version of Friends or Will & Grace but well-shot and many cinematic moments. Acting was unusually strong, and the writing and pacing of the film were just right for the genre.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant but trite, January 31, 2006

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Cj D. Vries "HRH" (CapeTown, RSA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Partner(s) (DVD)

The movie has a very promising start, with good acting and high production values. The only problem is that about half way through we know exactly what is going to happen at the end. If you don't mind this kind of predictability in movies - you will enjoy PARTNER(S)!
The movie is not earmarked for a gay audience - it is a story with gay elements intended for a straight audience. And therefore it falls between two chairs.
If Jonathan had to do more "gay" things to prove he was in fact gay - the movie would have had more credibility, but I suppose the producers were afraid that might have repelled their prospective straight audiences.
An original feature to the story was the two assistants at the law firm debating straight and gay traits. Very funny.
This DVD is not bad at all - just predictable. NO extra features (just trailers)

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Posing, December 17, 2005

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Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Partner(s) (DVD)

'Partner(s)' turns out to be a far better little film than expected. Not that there is anything original about this oft told variation of posing to be something you're not in order to take advantage of career development only to have that posing backfire. But Dave Diamond's script and direction and the presence of an attractive, bubbly and capable cast make this little piece of fluff float.

Tables are turned in a competitive law firm where an important case is to be assigned, a case involving sex discrimination over a gay employee. Dave (Jay Harrington) and Katherine (Julie Bowen), lovers in the past, vie for the assignment that will most assuredly result in being granted full partner ship in the firm. The company involved happens to include a cute young lass Lucy (Brooke Langton) who lives in the same apartment with Dave (Dave happens to room with a gay guy Christopher - Michael Ian Black - but Dave is straight). Lucy eyes Dave but mistakenly thinks Dave is gay, a fact that she feels will help her father's company in the lawsuit if they are represented by a gay lawyer (politics, you know...). Dave goes along with the charade, tells his company he is gay, wins the assignment leaving Katherine jealous, knowing that Dave is NOT gay. The remainder of the story revolves around the cat and mouse game between Dave and Katherine and Dave and Lucy's mutual attraction that interferes with his job. There are many funny side characters who constantly comment on what the gay mind is like. But the story ends well, with the film being a vaguely funny if very superficial view of what being gay is all about.

Not a great film but certainly an entertaining one. Sort of an extended au courant soap opera, it works fairly well on the big screen, largely due to the sustained light touch with which it is delivered. Grady Harp, December 05