Josh Lagrimas

I have read Tara Westover's Educated. A book about her life growing up and how she broke out of her mormon family in a way. This movie reminded me of that. It kinda sucks what happened in the movie and the stupidity of it all, but I was lucky enough to have read a similar story prior to seeing it. It made me become more empathic and somehow appreciative of what happened in the end.

Watched this cancelled series and the wrap-up movie too many times already in a span of 4 years, and it always brings up a different kind of emotion every single time. What makes this show great is that it is both an antithesis and an epitome of gay life: ordinary. P.S. Where can I play Half-Life nowadays? I really need to get that Gordon Freeman reference already! 😆 jk

The acting is so cringey, I think it is on purpose. The script is no different. The saving grace of this film is the story. It isn't that bad, except maybe for the ending(?) But it might just be the cherry on top of this cliche rom-com Christmas movie. The reason I thought the cringey acting was intentional is because there were actually few moments of brilliance coming from Jocelyn Hudon as Kelsey. Also, Kelly Rutherford as Aunt Olivia is just superb. Lastly, it is nice to see Joey Fatone do some acting. All in all, it is entertaining and worth the watch if you have the time.

The plot twist is real on this film. All the absurdities and awkwardness of the film from the very start paid off in the end.

What makes this wrap-up movie perfect is its imperfections. Gay life has always been portrayed as a bit more on the dramatic side, simply because of the unusual sexual preference but they are also humans and no different than others. That has alwasy been the theme of the short-lived series. And it continues and ends with this movie. --------- A bit of a spoiler, we were kinda fooled by Patrick's goody nice guy attitude for 2 seasons and Kevin exposed everything in this movie. It's confirmed, he's an anti-hero. A human. A normal person. I was Team Kevin the whole time and watching this movie made me hate the show. Don't get me wrong, I don't condone having affairs but I just always thought that their love was THE love, if Patrick just tried. But now? After watching the whole series and this movie for the nth time, it suddenly made sense. I wasn't clouded by the Kevin-Patrick loveteam anymore and I suddenly saw this imperfect Patrick just trying to live with his own expectations of himself and move past thru all the mistakes he made and about to make. And it was me. I am a Patrick. We are all Patricks. Kevin is our TOTGA (The One That Got Away). And Richie is the love of our life or soulmate or best friend. *sigh* Looking is that sober gay friend you always ignore but is always there to support you and keep you grounded.