This is an entertaining romp with caricatures rather than characters. Billy Crudup tries valiantly to portray the innately feminine and comes across only slightly less campy than a drag queen. He does convince us, however, that he doesn't know who he is. Rupert Everett is over the top but great fun to watch. Tom Wilkinson is stellar, as usual.
My objection to this film and to others like it, is that they present a façade of acceptance for what is gender-bending and homosexual. But in the end they trick us, and the films' hidden message is essentially one of a morality tale: where nature re-establishes its decreed and rightful order, and men are men, women are women and sex is hetero. The evangelical right won't see this film, cheated of knowing that is is actually "on message"!
My objection to this film and to others like it, is that they present a façade of acceptance for what is gender-bending and homosexual. But in the end they trick us, and the films' hidden message is essentially one of a morality tale: where nature re-establishes its decreed and rightful order, and men are men, women are women and sex is hetero. The evangelical right won't see this film, cheated of knowing that is is actually "on message"!