Arthur is mad their home state doesn’t allow men to marry, and Ben says he’ll contact his lawyer. Does he think lawyers can bypass laws? Ben refers to the lawyer as him, but when they visit the law office, his lawyer is a woman. Arthur is indignant their marriage won’t be recognized, while ignoring if they get married Ben is a bigamist.
It’s not clear if Ben has ever asked Tammy for a divorce. She’s confused when he brings it up and says she’s not interested. She suggests getting remarried to strengthen their relationship. It’s an odd choice considering Ben lives with Arthur, who he’s been dating three years. Where did she think he was? She pulls a gun and as they wrestle for control, it goes off multiple times. Surprisingly, nothing comes from this. No one is hurt, and no one in the high rise notices the gunfire.
Ben has a nursing degree but washes dishes for a living which he enjoys. Arthur works at the same place but hates it. It looks a sandwich shop where you order at the counter, but Ben’s washing dishes and Arthur wanders around with a coffee pot asking if anyone wants refills. When he gets in an argument with a regular customer, he quits on the spot. This leads to him going to job interviews in the winning combination of shorts and sandals.
When Arthur decides to go back to school, he shows up on the doorstep of his brother Victor, who he hasn’t spoken to in seven years. Victor has no idea who he is. How different does Arthur look? Victor says he’ll give him the money if he respects Jesus and brings Ben over to meet him. Things don’t go well and Victor becomes obsessed with saving Arthur, even though he hasn’t cared about that in seven years. He wants to know what Arthur will do next so he hires a private investigator. The PI says he’s an intern, charges $800 per day and it will take two days to complete this mission.
The movie just keeps getting crazier and goes right off the rails. Arthur locks himself in his room and sulks like a spoiled teen. Victor tapes holy water to their door to try to turn them straight. Victor kills Ben’s lawyer and later asks his priest for the name of a hit man. So the church kicks Victor out for having a gay brother, but has no problem with him planning to murder Ben, or providing him with the name of someone to do it?
After Ben is shot, Arthur chloroforms the priest and douses the church in gasoline to set it ablaze. In the most conspicuous and noisy escape ever, he runs away with his sandals going slap slap slap on the pavement. Victor forces Arthur to get baptized, which apparently requires him to be naked and can be done in an apartment bathtub.
This is like The Room in that it’s a sincere attempt gone horribly wrong. Of the 14 credits at the beginning of the movie, two are for co-stars and the other 12 are all the same name. Some of the credits are: cinematography; editing; producer; executive producer; screenplay; director; music editing; and casting.
The soundtrack sounds like it was done on a Casio keyboard. The acting is what you would see at a local theater. The character of Arthur, who is supposed to be sympathetic, is entitled and rude. You’ll wonder why Ben would date him since Arthur seems draining to be around. Ben seems pretty easy to get along with, while Arthur is high strung and high maintenance.
Cringeworthy dialogue
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| Arthur runs to his room and writes in his diary |
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| The tempera paint stained glass, art class Jesus portrait, card table are like the set of a high school play |
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| Are they eating graham crackers? |
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| Taping holy water to the door |
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| Arthurs outfit for job interviews complete with sandals and white socks |
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| Looks like they forgot to move their tripod from the shot |
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| Refilling coffee at the sandwich shop, the counter is behind them |
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| The cardboard cross in the church |
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