I don't often post on this site, perhaps I will more often, but felt compelled to add my two cents since my reaction to the film was different from the reviews I've been reading. I enjoyed this gay Who-done-it and hope that there'll be more from the same writer. Yes, the characters at time seem overly sweet, but that's against the sarcasm and one-upmanship we come to accept as normal in gay society. Here we have a devoted couple, struggling along the best they can. One is in a political background, supporting his other half who does what he can in a tedious private detective position. Presented with a case he's torn between doing the right thing, either refusing to work for a gay man who he finds fanatical and who tends to ruin lives - or put himself and his lover in danger by pursuing "the bad guys"
Dashiell Hammett has been dead for years, there'll be no more Nick Charles stories, but Richard Stevenson's Donald Strachey is a refreshing twist especially considering Strachey and his partner aren't some tedious twinky 20-somethings, and the film was done as a homage to Film Noir and has some nice romantic touches. I have purchased this DVD,recommend it and look forward to sequels.
Dashiell Hammett has been dead for years, there'll be no more Nick Charles stories, but Richard Stevenson's Donald Strachey is a refreshing twist especially considering Strachey and his partner aren't some tedious twinky 20-somethings, and the film was done as a homage to Film Noir and has some nice romantic touches. I have purchased this DVD,recommend it and look forward to sequels.