I Think I Do (1997)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Brian Sloan

Writer:

Brian Sloan (writer)

Release Date:

10 April 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

One Wedding. No Funerals.

Plot:

A screwball comedy about a gay couple at a straight couple's wedding.

Plot Keywords:

Wedding | Ex Roommate | Homosexual | Homosexuality | Gay Kiss

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Alexis Arquette	...	Bob
Christian Maelen	...	Brendan
Lauren Vélez	...	Carol
Jamie Harrold	...	Matt
Guillermo Díaz	...	Eric
Maddie Corman	...	Beth
Marianne Hagan	...	Sarah
Tuc Watkins	...	Sterling Scott
Elizabeth Rodriguez	...	Celia
Patricia Mauceri	...	Ms. Rivera
Marni Nixon	...	Aunt Alice
Dechen Thurman	...	Wedding Photographer
Jordan Roth	...	Caterer / Sterling Admirer
Mateo Gómez	...	Mr. Gonzalez
Arden Myrin	...	Wendy

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Brazil:14 (DVD rating) | UK:15 | Portugal:M/12 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Danger Filmworks

Goofs:

Continuity: When Bob comes into the hotel room and wakes up Sterling the time of the clock next to sterling jumps from 1:00 am to 12:40 to 12:50.

Quotes:

Beth: "Gay weddings are so cool. You could have a totally kitschy reception."

Marching down and rolling in the aisles

This is just so charming. It's funny and sprightly and very feel-good. After decades of providing anonymous musical vocals for Hollywood actors, Marni Nixon gets an engaging supporting role here as Aunt Alice. Somehow, that's just so right for this movie. I also especially liked Lauren Velez as Carol and Tuc Watkins as Sterling, but all the actors did a fine job (some of them aren't bad looking either).

What really strikes a chord with me, though, is its wish-fulfillment. This film is the ultimate revenge fantasy of anyone who's ever seen - or been - a gay man cruelly disdained by some gorgeous heterosexual object of desire. It revels in poor repentant Brendan's predicament...but it does it in the sweetest, most adoring way possible.

I saw this at our local art academy, where it was apparently brought back by popular demand. The audience was laughing and hooting throughout more than for any other movie I've seen. I was as gleeful as the rest of them.