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Sue Kramer (written by)
Release Date:
13 July 2007 (Spain)
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A romantic comedy about a brother, a sister and the girl of their dreams.
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They finish each other's sentences, dance like Fred and Ginger, and share the same downtown loft--the perfect couple? Not exactly. Gray and Sam, are a sister and brother so compatible and inseparable that people actually assume they are dating. Mortified, they both agree they must branch out and start searching for love. He'll look for a guy for her and she'll look for a gal for him. full summary | full synopsis
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well-intentioned but implausible romantic comedy
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Heather Graham | ... | Gray Baldwin | |
| Bridget Moynahan | ... | Charlie Kelsey | |
| Tom Cavanagh | ... | Sam Baldwin | |
| Molly Shannon | ... | Carrie | |
| Rachel Shelley | ... | Julia Barlett | |
| Bill Mondy | ... | Jordan Phillips | |
| Don Ackerman | ... | Conrad Spring | |
| Warren Christie | ... | Trevor Brown | |
| Alan Cumming | ... | Gordy | |
| Sissy Spacek | ... | Dr. Sydney | |
| Campbell Lane | ... | Harry | |
| Samantha Ferris | ... | Elaine | |
| Timothy Paul Perez | ... | Roberto | |
| Benjamin Ratner | ... | Derek | |
| April Telek | ... | Lana Valentine (as April Amber Telek) |
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Rated PG-13 for some mature thematic material, sexual content and language.
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Miscellaneous: The interior scene at Raoul's could not be Raoul's; there is a brass rail behind Gray and her dates, separating them from the bar area. At Raoul's, no such brass rail exists.
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References Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
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El Besito
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While watching "Gray Matters" - which marks the film-making debut of writer/director Sue Kramer - I kept wondering if maybe I hadn't somehow stumbled back into "Puccini for Beginners," a movie I'd seen a few weeks earlier, since both are oddly similar, equally implausible tales of Manhattan yuppies involved in romantic triangles of the bisexual kind.
Gray and Sam are siblings who not only live in the same apartment and spend most of their free time together but are so emotionally attached to one another that people often mistake them for a romantic couple. As if that weren't queasy enough, the screenplay ups the ante by having the hitherto heterosexual Gray suddenly "discover" she's a lesbian when she falls for Sam's gorgeous new wife, Charlie (yes, I know all this can be a bit confusing, but Charlie is a woman).
As with "Puccini," most of what happens in "Gray Matters" feels contrived and artificial. We don't believe for a second that two seemingly rational people like Sam and Charlie would become engaged after only a single date, or that even an indecisive ditz like Gray would be this in-the-dark about her own sexuality.
Thus, with so little of the storyline grounded in anything even closely resembling reality, we find ourselves detached from the characters and indifferent to their fates. That's no denigration of the lead players - Heather Graham, Thomas Cavanaugh and Bridget Monahan - all of whom are appealing and likable in their various roles. And there are some sharp supporting performances by Molly Shannon, Alan Cumming, and Sissy Spacek as Gray's loopy therapist (though there is a brief cameo appearance by singer Gloria Gaynor that is pure unadulterated pandering). Moreover, New York City looks all sparkly and shiny as seen through the lens of cinematographer John S. Bartley's camera.
With its countless references to 40's musicals and romantic comedies, "Gray Matters" clearly sees itself as both an homage and a throwback to the metier and style of those earlier films. But we are obviously living in different times, and the labored setups and screwball comedy devices that worked so well in the past feel pretty darned anachronistic and forced when employed today. My feeling is that if you're going to make a modern romantic comedy, one that deals with such "contemporary" issues as coming out and sexual identity, then make a movie that actually feels modern. Don't try to tuck it safely away in the past, then expect us to take any of it seriously. Despite it's taking on those relatively gutsy issues, "Gray Matters" really doesn't exist in anyone's world, and certainly not in the racially and economically diverse world of 21st Century Manhattan.
"Gray Matters" presents us with life as only those in the movies ever really live it.