It takes brave people to admit that they are wrong, misguided or just plain ignorant, and for gay couple Hugh Grant and Zeljko Ivanek, dealing with their mothers on many issues in regards to their sexuality hasn't been easy. Grant (with no trace of his British accent) is the son of the widowed Julie Andrews who has been vocal about her displeasure in regards to his sexual orientation, even as she struggles to maintain a relationship with him. Ivanek is on his death bed, and Grant asks Andrews to contact Ivanek's estranged mother (Ann-Margret) whose reaction to her son's sexuality was to completely disown him. Andrews must face her own prejudices as she goes out of her way to convince her to reconcile with her son before the inevitable happens.
The opportunity to see the two big movie musical queens of the 60's together was an instant headline for gay magazines, but sadly, it's not them playing Mame and Vera. They are not their sunshine images of Mary Poppins and Kim McAfee. Andrews is a successful businesswoman, while AM is on the complete opposite side of the spectrum. Both are homophobic, but completely different, with Andrews probably accepting of gay people, just not her son, and AM convinced that gay people are living in sin and doomed to hell. This questions which type of prejudice is the worst, and that's powerful. Unfortunately, it's hard to see Andrews being so hard and humorless, although she tries. AM scores a tad better. Grant gets to sing, while Ivanek in sickly makeup makes a realistic dying young man. Andrews' future Broadway "Victor/Victoria" co-star offers good advice to Andrews as her love interest. My advice is to be aware that this is hardly what fans expected of Julie, a serious drama where she really goes out of her way to alter her image.
The opportunity to see the two big movie musical queens of the 60's together was an instant headline for gay magazines, but sadly, it's not them playing Mame and Vera. They are not their sunshine images of Mary Poppins and Kim McAfee. Andrews is a successful businesswoman, while AM is on the complete opposite side of the spectrum. Both are homophobic, but completely different, with Andrews probably accepting of gay people, just not her son, and AM convinced that gay people are living in sin and doomed to hell. This questions which type of prejudice is the worst, and that's powerful. Unfortunately, it's hard to see Andrews being so hard and humorless, although she tries. AM scores a tad better. Grant gets to sing, while Ivanek in sickly makeup makes a realistic dying young man. Andrews' future Broadway "Victor/Victoria" co-star offers good advice to Andrews as her love interest. My advice is to be aware that this is hardly what fans expected of Julie, a serious drama where she really goes out of her way to alter her image.