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With: Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, Conrad Ricamora, James Scully, Margaret Cho
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Written by: Joel Kim Booster
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Directed by: Andrew Ahn
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MPAA Rating: R for strong sexual content, language throughout, drug use and some nudity
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Running Time: 105
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Date: 06/03/2022
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Tour Pride
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
This gay-themed romantic comedy may not be exactly hilarious, but it's filled with lightweight soap opera turns, gorgeous summer scenery, sunsets, and a selection of perfectly chiseled abs and biceps, and it's good enough to inspire easy grins from both LGBTQ+ and straight viewers. Loosely based on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Fire Island feels effortless, focusing on the loose, silly relationships between five friends who vacation on the titular island every year, staying in a house owned their "Den Mom" (Margaret Cho). This year looks to be their last one, so Noah (Joel Kim Booster, who also wrote the screenplay) makes it his mission to find a man for his best friend Howie (SNL star Bowen Yang, in a surprisingly touching performance). Director Andrew Ahn captures a light, relaxing, vacation vibe that is nearly irresistible, even when the movie falls back on creaky genre staples.
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