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!

A man wonders if his hunky co-worker is gay. At a yard sale he finds a ray gun called "Gaydar". You point it at a person, pull the trigger and it tells you how gay they are. He tries it out, it works and he sets out to find out if his coworker is gay like him...

Promising idea ruined by an unfunny script (after a promising beginning) and terrible acting. The entire cast overacts and basically SCREAM their lines at each other constantly. It gets annoying and really embarassing after a while. The saving grace is that's it is short, there's a scene stealing cat (love her fall out of the kitty bed) and Charles Nelson Reilly is hysterical in his brief bit. But none of this saves the movie. I can't recommend this at all.

This is an indie film, a short 30 minute film that made the rounds at smaller film festivals. Made by two friends as an initial foray into film making. It's a farce, short and simple, that aspires to nothing more than making the audience laugh. Peppered with jokes and kind-hearted, stereotypical depictions of gays, the film has fun. While not technically perfect (and occasionally overacted), it's a lot of fun and the film never takes itself too seriously.

Featuring a theme song sung by Gwen Stewart (from the original Broadway production of "Rent"). This film is silly fun; it knows what it is and doesn't aspire to be more.

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.

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.