Product: Jeffrey [VHS] (1995)
Rating: 4.0
Sort of a "Torch Song Trilogy" for the 1990's
Steven Weber stars as Jeffrey, a New York guy struggling with life, love and relationships in the height of the AIDS epidemic. The film, from 1995, is based on Paul Rudnick's off-Broadway comedy of a few years earlier. The movie is full of humor, love and pain as Jeffrey struggles with his love for "the man of his dreams", who happens to be HIV-positive. The movie deals with the issue in a pretty straight-forward way (pardon the pun). One of my favorite scenes features Jeffrey dancing alone in his apartment to the song "Helpless" - very intense! Like "Torch Song Trilogy", I wish I could have seen this in live theater. If you liked "Torch Song Trilogy", you will enjoy this movie - the primary difference? "Torch Song Trilogy" was set in a time BEFORE the AIDS crisis. The movie also features Patrick Stewart (famous for his role in the "Star Trek" series - and yes, his character in the movie is gay). Also, Michael T. Weiss, Bryan Batt, Nathan Lane "("The Birdcage") and Sigourney Weaver ("Alien").