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I Love You, Man (2009) - LightShed 8

I_love_you_man-poster Finally another movie with Paul Rudd and good gay content. For all the gay buzz Paul Rudd gets, he has actually been in some pretty gay-bad movies (Knocked-Up and Role Models come to mind -- both of which have "faggot" slurs and other jabs at us gays).

Things went our way in I Love You, Man.  In the movie, Paul Rudd plays a recently engaged guy in a quest for a best man; Rudd is a girl's-guy and has no male friends. In his quest toward Jason Segel he meets Reno 911's Thomas Lennon, they go out to dinner. It turns out Lennon is gay and thought he was going on an actual date (as opposed to a man-date) with Paul Rudd...at the end of the date Thomas kisses Paul, he actually leads with the tongue (you can see that on the main theatrical trailer). Paul is surprised but takes it nicely. So, that's our first gay content.

A little later into the movie, we learn Paul Rudd has a gay brother (played by Andy Samberg).

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The gay brother is a pretty butch personal trainer. Our gay is an actual guy's guy. The portrayal is very nice, the gay brother is Dad's best friend and even coaches Paul Rudd in the straight art of getting a wing-man.

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You should see this one. The movie is funny even if Paul Rudd's constant attempt at creating fun catchphrases gets old early into the movie, but he drags on...

Mar 28, 2009 at 11:01 AM in 2009, Bisexual Content, Gay Content, Good Movies, Lightshed 8, Movies: I |

Comments

Senior Singles

I love Paul Rudd, he is so cute and so funny!

Posted by: Senior Singles | Sep 25, 2009 at 09:48 AM

glamrocktiger

This movie is waiting in my Netflix queue. Andy Samberg playing a gay guy (and a non-stereotypically effeminate one at that) is a wet dream come true for this tiger.

xo

glam

Posted by: glamrocktiger | May 05, 2009 at 06:20 PM

Jason

Hi, I've been reading your blog and I love it. I have a suggestion for you to review, I think you would be interested in it.

The movies called My Summer Of Love - 2004, a modest budget British flick. It has an interesting lesbian/bi relationship.

Posted by: Jason | Apr 21, 2009 at 09:44 AM

Movie Reviews

I disagree re the catchphrase thing. It wasn't that persistent, and I thought several of them were GOLDEN.

Posted by: Movie Reviews | Apr 15, 2009 at 04:39 AM

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