gonboy67

What audiences of 80-plus years ago must have thought of this film is unimaginable....very provocative, powerfully written and acted. With a few expansions the story could even be interesting today: pro-life District Attorney finds out the secret behind all the childless marriages in his party-hopping wife's social circle. Final scene so bittersweet..and on the lighter side, some excellent women's fashion from the era in costuming. Highest recommendation.

OKAY! So it deals with AIDS which is honorable enough...but this film reminds me of "Drunks," as it really exists as a means for all these "surprise" big names to make cameos in the name of charitable awareness or whatever---self serving, if you ask me! NOBODY has THIS many FAAABULOUS friends and please, gay writers, get over the "Palm Beach Society Matron-Mom" thing: "Roseanne's" have gay sons, too...even if most gay men seem to WISH they were born to C Z Guest. Eric Roberts doesn't look sick enough for his condition, the relationship between the lovers is ill-defined, and just because the theme is honorable, or just TIMELY, doesn't mean the film is FAABULOUS!!

I LOVED the book....and come on, piecing together the book into any sort of coherent film couldn't have been the easiest endeavour, and the result really isn't so bad! Looking back on this film 11 years later it truly DOES seem to capture the time and place effectively and has what amount to basically cameos of Stanley Tucci, Steve Buscemi, and Mercedes Ruehl.