Movie: I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

Try visualizing Adam Sandlers in Brokeback Mountain. Ok, not quite the same.

I Pronounce (No need to type out the entire title right) is a movie about two firefighters, Chuck and Larry (Duh.) Two buddies - considered the best partners in the fire department - find themselves in a faux gay marriage as an arrangement to help Larry out with his insurance payout problems. It looked good on paper (no, really) and it was supposed to be simple. However, the government, in a bid to prevent abuse of the system, sends someone to watch them to see if they were really a same-sex couple. A simple procedure on paper ends up in both Chuck and Larry dragged (unintended) deeper into the gay community.

Plenty of focus on sexist issues and discrimination. Perhaps the mildly obscene and repulsive scenes serve as a reminder of the inner discrimination and homophobia, not just in individuals, but in the rest of society. Great use of humour in the plot development to slowly introduce the audience to gay rights issues without being too blatant and sleazy. Culture shock to some, but it gets better as long as you keep your filters off.

A 150-minute comedy with an oh-so-expected politically-correct ending that serves to entertain and educate (still, a far cry from assimilation). A little bit of a drag (unintended) at times, but not overly peachy. Definitely brave of everyone in the production team, and good job with the ending, even if it was so expected. I guess you can't make everyone gay. Happy.