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Why was my review declined?
Hello. Here is the Item #231025-043323-527404
I am having trouble understanding why IMDb continues to decline my reviews. It certainly doesn't hesitate to allow 2-3 sentence reviews to be posted, many of which fall far short of the "600 characters" required.
Can someone please advise why this review was declined?
Here is the review:
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Like many others that have posted reviews here (some of them simply dreadful and cruel and pointless, but apparently acceptable to IMDB), I was looking forward, as a gay man, to seeing a "gay romcom."
Oh my God. Where do I start?
There is not a single frame of this movie that should be preserved. The entire thing is a fantasy, and not in a good way.
Michael Urie is a wonderful, wonderful character actor. And with the right screenplay, he could definitely be a lead; but this is not the right screenplay and his limitations are clearly seen.
The premise of this screenplay, which is faulty to begin with, and tragic, sad and stupid upon further examination, asks us to accept that Peter (Michael Urie) convinces his best friend Nick (Philemon Chambers) to go home with him for Christmas and "pretend" that they're in a "relationship" so that his family will stop bugging him over his "perpetual single status."
Can you already see everything that is wrong with that premise and can you already guess the outcome? If you have, save yourself 99 minutes of predictability, poor jokes, poor screenwriting, irritating, sad, pathetic, pointless "plot points" and take a yoga class. It will be a lot more enriching and beneficial.
Michael Urie, according to IMDB trivia for this film, insisted that the three young male actors for this film actually be gay so that the "chemistry" would be "more realistic."
There is no chemistry. None. N-O-N-E. Inflatable dolls would have brought as much "chemistry" to each other as these actors did.
Then we have Peter's insanely cheerful, over-the-top, totally accepting family, led by the indomitable Kathy Najimy. Now, I love Kathy and she has an "inner light" and a spark and a sense of mischief in her eyes. But all that aside, it didn't make any difference in this film. One will quickly tire of her "Christmas cheer" and decide that running through dark forests at night, preferably haunted ones, would be more enjoyable then watching her smile her way through the entire movie.
I'm not going to waste my time profiling the other actors or sharing any more of the insipid plot. It's all fake and meaningless and if this was supposed to be a "gay romcom," every single person associated with it should bow their heads in shame and beg forgiveness.
Abominable, atrocious, God-awful on every single level. Not even the great Jennifer Coolidge, who makes a late entrance as "Aunt Sandy" can save this sinking ship.
jeorj_euler
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Well, there might be too many direct references to IMDb (for a movie that isn't about IMDb) or too many references to the people (even though unspecific) who contribute reviews of movies to IMDb. See https://help.imdb.com/article/contribution/contribution-information/user-review-guidelines/GABTWSNLDNFLPRRH# please for how such a thing goes against guidelines for the particular data type. Nothing else resembles a violation.
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