A pioneering actor in the independent film world, Craig Chester scored a 1993 Independent Spirit Award nomination for his role in the drama Swoon (1992), and has appeared in many other Sundance faves. In “Adam & Steve” Craig Chester makes his directorial debut with this raucous and candy-colored romantic comedy about the pitfalls of falling in love in New York City.

At the Limelight disco, where shoulder pads and acid-washed jeans reign supreme, Goth guy Adam (Chester) and his fag hag Rhonda (a hilarious Parker Posey) meet Steve (Malcolm Gets), a Solid gold dancer wanna-be. Adam takes Steve home but after several bumps of coke laced with baby laxatives, their date comes to a comically explosive end.

Flash to 2005 and as fate would have it, Adam and Steve encounter each other again, blissfully unaware that they had previously met. As the two men begin courting each other, aided by the newly svelte Rhonda and Steve’s straight roommate (Chris Kattan of “Saturday Night Live”) clues begin to pop up about Adam and Steve’s pasts.

Chester and Gets, both openly gay actors, provide an authentic and appealing spin to the “boy meets boy” film genre in queer cinema. Supported by a strong cast (Posey and Kattan shine), appearances by Julie Hagerty, Sally Kirkland and Jackie Beat, and a toe-tapping country western musical number, Adam & Steve delivers laugh-out-loud sight gags and witty one-liners - yet it also has just the right amount of heart to touch the romantic in all of us.2005, 99 min

Country: US

Studio: TLA Releasing

Cast: Craig Chester, Malcolm Gets, Parker Posey, Chris Kattan

Director: Craig Chester

Screenwriter: Craig Chester

Rating: R