Crude 'Adam & Steve' Not Up To New Gay Standard

"Adam & Steve" is pure amateur-hour stuff: a low-budget, poorly written gay movie that revolves around a crude joke and repeatedly delivers embarrassment when it's supposed to be offering humor.
In years past, this might have been moderately acceptable because, you know, it's a gay movie, and most gay movies are lo-fi, shoestring-budget affairs that deserve at least a moderate amount of tolerance simply because somebody had the chutzpah to make them.
Sorry, that was before "Brokeback Mountain," "Breakfast on Pluto," "Capote" and "Transamerica." Not to mention a slew of crisp independent movies that had nothing to do with sexuality but took chutzpah to produce. The standard has been elevated, and "Adam & Steve" missed the elevator.
Written and directed by star Craig Chester, "Adam & Steve" is about the titular characters who meet when they're young in the '80s, share a grossly repulsive moment, and then immediately disappear from one another's lives. A decade or so later, Adam (Chester) and Steve (Malcolm Gets) are changed men, and they meet again, not recognizing one another.
Sparks fly, love blooms, and that long ago incident looms over the rest of the movie. You know it's bound to pop up and great problems will result. It does, they do.
Like most gay sitcom characters, each of our boys has a close heterosexual friend. Adam has Rhonda, Steve has Michael, played by Parker Posey and Chris Kattan, the most recognizable faces in the cast, and of course they end up in love as well.
It is a measure of this film that even the usually flawless Posey -- who has appeared in everything from "Scream 3" to "A Mighty Wind" and is in the upcoming "Superman Returns" -- falls flat in nearly every scene. It's one of those performances where you feel sorry for the performer; she doesn't stand a chance.
Most of the film is a matter of waiting for the boys to discover they've met before. The best part of the filler leading up to that point is when each meets the other's folks, particularly Adam's chronically unlucky parents, played by Julie Hagerty and Paul Sand. But a few decent moments do not a movie make.
Good intentions aren't really worth 10 bucks these days. Good movies are. Unfortunately, "Adam & Steve" is a well-intentioned bad movie. Save your money.
from The Detroit News