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When a straight construction worker starts having a recurring gay dream, he's worried about what it portends. He confesses his concerns to a co-worker and the unexpected happens. | add synopsis
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Michael E. Dempsey ... Ritchie
Wayne Terry ... Nick
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Michael Shea 
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Mel Lewis 
 

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Mildly amusing, but it drags and is confusing, 20 October 2004
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Author: Tim Evanson (tevanson@earthlink.net) from Washington, D.C.

Too long by at least five minutes, this little comic short offers at least the possibility of being good:

Ritchie, a bear of a married man, keeps having a dream in which he's naked and has sex with a guy. He confesses his dream to co-worker Nick, an older guy with a nice body. Nick psycho-analyzes Ritchie all day, even going so far as to expose himself to Ritchie to see if Ritchie gets hard. He doesn't. That night, the dream occurs again -- only this time, to Nick...who wakes up happy that he's having homo-erotic dreams about Ritchie.

Sadly, the film never quite lives up to its premise. The dialogue rambles on for ages. A major plot point hinges on the idea that Ritchie's construction union is on his case for being late to work, but the point is barely introduced and is a flimsy rod on which to hang Ritchie's supposed anger. Nick's repeatedly anti-gay comments end up grating, and are not funny.

The plot hangs up, narratively, during the over-long discussion in the unfinished kitchen. When Nick exposes himself to Ritchie, the gag is not set up very well and is poorly acted by both performers. The twist ending is confusing rather than clear, almost like a joke you have to explain.

There are funny lines in the film, but overall it was a bit of a disappointment.

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