Gaydar

I saw this film at the Ashland Film Festival, 2003. It was 5th in a set of 5 shorts. Out of all of them, this was clearly the most fun. Before this one came on I has been disappointed in the set. I was delighted during the entire story. The acting was great fun. Charles Nelson Reilly's presence was a great pleasure. There

were many subtle comic touches. I recommend this film to anyone!

I saw Gaydar at a film festival and I loved it--in spite of the fact I only heard about half of it because everyone was laughing so dang hard. This movie was just plain funny. The concept is funny. The execution is funny. The cast is funny. And I swear to god, even the prop is funny. They were selling DVDs and I actually bought one. I bought the DVD to a 20 minute film--and I'm happy to report that I have no buyers remorse. I've already played it about 5 times for friends. If you're in the mood to analyze and look for profound meaning--go watch "E! True Hollywood Stories". But if your skeleton contains even one tiny funny bone, well then I most definitely recommend checking out Gaydar. By the way, LOVE the theme song!

With great cameos of out actors JM J. Bullock and Charles Nelson Reilly, this comedy has great pacing and hits all the right punchlines at the right time. The basic plot is a gay man finds a device that will reveal if someone is gay or straight. He uses it on several people and then gets the idea to pursue his secret crush to find out if he's gay or straight. The only problem I have with the film is that the gaydar gun has a 50% reading, but nowhere during the film did anyone register as anything other than 100% straight or 100% gay. There could've been one bisexual cameo in the film. The big surprise in the film was the casting of Bryan Dattilo of "Days of Our Lives", who played the sex object of the film.

Every gay man has talked about their "gaydar", wishing they had one so they didn't have to waste time chasing cute straight boys they have no chance with. In this movie, that wish comes true. While funny, if a little stereotypical, and complete in its own right, it leaves a some key things unanswered. The star and co-producer, Terry Ray, was at the showing, and said that one of those questions in particular would be answered in a feature length version in the planning stages. There is a cat in the movie that's almost worth the price of admission alone. I'll give it a 7, just.

Two office buddies, one male, one female speculate about the sexual orientation of the hunky office boy. When the man finds a "Gaydar" gun at a local yard sale he has an opportunity to find out.

Since this is a short, one doesn't expect an intricate plot but this is one of those shorts that doesn't seem short enough. At 20 minutes this film has a few good parts but goes on about 10 minutes too long.