Kelly Lynch creates a lesbian whose orientation is simply part of herself, like her nursing job and her sense of humor. The Sherilyn Fenn character could have been portrayed as confused and neurotic, but instead she's simply an ordinary person who is discovering new things about herself. The whole approach to gay life in this movie is refreshingly unaffected. Not long ago I saw an arch, self-conscious film about a group of women at a writer's workshop, where a straight woman is seduced by a lesbian during many long philosophical conversations and even longer glances, fraught with yearning. The whole affair was cranked up to an almost ludicrous pitch of solemnity and significance.
Romance is important, yes, but it is also baffling, surprising and sometimes funny.
And if the earth shakes, it's probably an earthquake. Lynch Ellen Sherilyn Fenn Directed by Yurek Bogayevicz. Opening today at local theaters.