| Todd (Jonathan Bray) is a computer programmer struggling with the after-effects of a recent divorce - so his freeloading brother Barry (Jonathan Silverman) creates an online dating profile for him.
Straight-laced Todd then embarks on a blind date with a hot girl named Kelly, but he has been tricked by his brother Barry and it turns out that Kelly is the owner of a local hair salon - a sexy gay guy (played by OUT actor Wilson Cruz). |
COFFEE DATE is an amusing twist on the predictable genre of romantic comedy, although it really is more of a buddy movie. Male friendship is a funny thing. It is easy when you are meeting friends in school or on the football team, but it gets considerably harder as adults. Both guys have a lot in common, leaving Todd with a friend where he least expected it.
Todd and Kelly decide to take revenge on Barry by reversing the joke. After their “date”, the pair saunters past Barry holding hands, pretending that they are an actual couple. The joke works too well.
Through a series of Three’s Company–style misunderstandings, everyone in Todd’s life becomes convinced that he is gay and no one believes Todd’s story that the whole thing is just a big misunderstanding.
As the circumstantial evidence mounts, Todd starts wondering whether he is the one who’s got everything wrong, resulting in a sexual-identity crisis - eventually leading Todd, after a half bottle of Jack Daniels, into Kelly’s bed.
COFFEE DATE is a cute, if predictable, movie. Gay Boy Meets Straight Boy, People Think Straight Boy Is Gay, Straight Boy Is Gay Bashed, Straight Boy Fucks Gay Boy, and Gay Boy’s Feelings Are Hurt. The only unpredictable element in COFFEE DATE is that Todd remains straight - even after a night of sexual passion with Kelly – the real gem of the movie with Wilson Cruz’s buff muscularity.
Make a date and watch COFFEE DATE.
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