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Just Say Love

Play trailer Poster for Just Say Love Released Mar 26, 2010 1h 15m Drama Romance LGBTQ+ Play Trailer Watchlist
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Two male lovers (Matthew Jaeger, Robert Mammana) explore the nature of their relationship.

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Neil Genzlinger New York Times The glimmers of originality soon vanish, however, and we're left with a tired gay fantasy that seems as if it came out of a freshman creative-writing class. Rated: 2/5 Mar 26, 2010 Full Review Ernest Hardy Village Voice The film's real strength, though, is the palpable chemistry between Jaeger and Mammana, which smoothly and convincingly oscillates from lust to frustration to a love that throws both men off their game. Mar 24, 2010 Full Review Mattie Lucas From the Front Row This is a movie of ideas, and they aren't necessarily bad ones, but this is not a movie, it's a filmed stage production. Rated: 1.5/4 Aug 5, 2019 Full Review Fr. Chris Carpenter Movie Dearest Though talky and unnecessarily stagey, "Just Say Love" is often compelling. Rated: C+ Apr 2, 2010 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member I loved the development and portrayal of these highly enjoyable characters and the seamless craft of the playwright. I am looking forward to seeing it again, and again, and again. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member Gay painter Guy and Straight builder Doug meet on a park bench and strike up a conversation that leads into a no strings fling. No strings on the long term turns out to be pretty stringy and a most complicated relationship is forged. Adapted from a stage play in the slightest of ways as it is all shot as a play on a sound stage, which I found an uncinematic cop out. The initial part is quite compelling, but the two leads eventually left me rather cold. I didn't really grasp their chemistry and the staged balletic posed sex scene was laughable. It looks like it would be a great play to see on the stage. I just think this was lazy adaptation that could have been much much better if adapted properly for the screen. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Filmed stage play about a gay man and a straight, married construction worker who meet on a park bench and strike up a no strings attached, purely physical relationship, that quickly becomes something much deeper than sex for one of them. Never asserts a cinematic personality, or a reason for being other than as a filmed record of a play. Needs to be seen on stage rather than a screen. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Bill Humphreys

Director

Matthew Jaeger

Guy

Robert Mammana

Doug

Bill Humphreys

Guy's Father

Bill Humphreys

Screenwriter

David J. Mauriello

Screenwriter
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Movie Info

Synopsis Two male lovers (Matthew Jaeger, Robert Mammana) explore the nature of their relationship.
Director
Bill Humphreys
Producer
Bill Humphreys
Screenwriter
Bill Humphreys, David J. Mauriello
Distributor
Regent Releasing
Genre
Drama, Romance, LGBTQ+
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 26, 2010, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 9, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$3.9K
Runtime
1h 15m
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