Such Good People

David Michael Barrett is the culprit behind this piece of Cali crap. His awful screenplay gave the actors, including Randy Harrison of the series, 'Queer as Folk' ten years earlier, very little to work with. Other than Harrison's performance, which was mediocre at best, there is little substance here. The story is an attempt, albeit a bad one, to highlight the subjects of honesty, integrity and friendship among a group of morally questionable people. Barrett and Greg Sterling who wrote this monstrosity, picked southern Cali as the venue for this cinematic waste of time. I guess given the cast of the plastic characters who populate 'Such Good People', that might have been the only correct decision this inept team made. I give this picture a 'DWYT' rating, Don't Waste Your Time!

Two points each for Randy Harrison and Michael Urie who are cute as hell and somehow invest their stereotypical gay characters with a degree of conviction that this movie in no way deserves. If one were being generous one might say that Such Good People is a well-intentioned homage to the screwball comedy. It has stashes of hidden money, kidnapped dogs, priceless antiques, inept hit men, befuddled cops and all manner of laborious misunderstandings and double deceptions. Sadly, none of it is quite smart enough or quite funny enough to warrant any suspension of disbelief. So the madcap antics never cease to seem contrived and unbelievable, and the plot never really gathers momentum and generates its own crazed logic, as a screwball comedy should. But, hey, as gay screwball comedies go, it's at least a worthy effort.

What an intolerable film!!

I could only finish it by increasing the playback speed by 100% !!!

Randy Harrison's pace of delivery was a special form of torture. I don't know if it was his acting style, or the writing, or the directing! Probably all three!

Such a pity considering the caliber of the cast and the promise the plot held. We should have definitely seen more of Ana Ortiz and Scott Wolf - their story lines were a LOT juicier than that of flat-lining Alex and Richard.

Definitely give this movie a very big miss.

We tried to watch this movie on 2 different occasions (the second time was to give it another chance). After 20 minutes the first time and 30 the second time we conclude that the story line is weak and NOT funny. Don't waste your time.

This was a fun film, great for a late night or a lazy morning.

Thank You Michael Urie and Randy Harrison! The Ugly Betty fans at my house have been without a new installment for what seemed like a century until we stumbled upon this gem on Netflix.

I enjoyed the theatrical body work Urie and Harrison brought out in this film. Some would call it slap stick, but the movements of the actors really added to their overall character profiles. The humor was simple, but the choreography really added a fun flare. Urie and Harrison fit together as well, in the line of other good gay films like "The mostly unfabulous social life of Ethan Green", and "Eating Out."

Ana Ortiz; Alec Mapa; Drew Droege; Tania Gunadi, how much fun did they all have making this? This stellar supporting cast made this film; and was quite reminiscent to how entertaining it was to watch Ugly Betty - not because of the writing, but because the actors made the writing complete.

Certainly this film won't win many awards, but after watching Leo DeCaprio drag himself through the mud for five hours just for a gold stature, this film is a great antidote to the blase cinema culture expecting every last film to come out to be Shakespeare drab. Cheers!