Broken Hearts Club - Salve
Mah Torn Heart
by Tallulah Givehead
 Broken
Hearts Club is a witty and entertaining comedy about
a group of West Hollywood gay boys - their lives and
loves and damned if Ta can find anything about this
to trash. Ah'm flummoxed. Ah thought for sure ah'd
have some juice with Dean Cain on board, but he
actually does a good job.
In his feature film debut, openly gay
writer/director
Greg Berlanti oh how ah love that may-un! - has
crafted a funny, touching slice-of-life portrait on
the lives and loves of a group of gay West Hollywood
friends. The characters include Dennis (Timothy
Olyphant), a promising photographer, his
housemate Cole (Dean
Cain), a charming man-stealing actor; Benji (Zach
Braff), a punkish gym bunny fancier; analytical
grad student Howie (Matt
McGrath); cynical quipster Patrick (Ben
Weber) and his lesbian sister whose lover (Nia
Long) wants his sperm; and Taylor (Billy
Porter) whose long-term relationship goes on the
rocks. They all hang out at a restaurant run by the
groupā€™s unofficial patriarch, Jack (John
Mahoney) and play together on a softball team
coached by Jack (a part-time drag performer). Drama
abounds, especially when Cole seduces and abandons
the fragile, just-out-of-the-closet Kevin (Andrew
Keegan) leaving Dennis to help pick up Kevinā€™s
emotional pieces.
Broken Hearts Club is a witty and entertaining
comedy about a group of West Hollywood gay boys -
their lives and loves and damned if Ta can find
anything about this to trash. Ah'm flummoxed. Ah
thought for sure ah'd have some juice with Dean Cain
on board, but he actually does a good job.In his
feature film debut, openly gay writer/director is a
witty and entertaining comedy about a group of West
Hollywood gay boys - their lives and loves and
damned if Ta can find anything about this to trash.
Ah'm flummoxed. Ah thought for sure ah'd have some
juice with Dean Cain on board, but he actually does
a good job.In his feature film debut, openly gay
writer/director
English Dolby Digital 5.1 / Anamorphic widescreen
2.35 / Enhanced for 16x9 televisions / Audio
commentary by Berlanti and producer Mickey Lidell /
Deleted Scenes / Kevin Keegan's screen test / French
dubbing
Tallulah Givehead is
a Fabulous drag queen living in Portland, Oregon
(Lord only knows why!) writing reviews of gay film
by day and tearing up the stage by night. You
can read her reviews here as well as at her blog,
QUEER VUE MIRROR.
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