An ensemble cast goes into this interesting movie of seperate, but intertwining stories. Mamie (Lisa Kudrow), once pregnant by her step-brother, Charley(Steve Coogan), has been handed the opportunity to find her adopted out son after 19 years. The only cost, helping Nicky (Jesse Bradford), who knows him, make a documentary about her masseur and lover, Javier (Bobby Cannavale). Charley, now gay, is in a long-term relationship with his partner Gil (David Sutcliffe). Gil's best friend from school Pam (Laura Dern), is now half of a lesbian couple with an IVF son, Max. But who was the sperm donor? Otis (Jason Ritter), a 22 year old who is secretly gay, is blackmailed by the lead singer of his band, Jude (Maggie Gyllenhaal), to conspire with her to seduce his rich father (Tom Arnold).

I didn't know a lot about this movie, except it being plugged as just a gay-themed. This genre usually very basic, predictable plots, with low production budgets. I went in to this, expecting to be a little disappointed. You can see from the above, however, that there is much more to this than that.At first, as each story introduced itself, it was a little hard to keep up with them all, but it didn't take long to settle into it. Perhaps not an emotional roller coaster, but a lot of dark humour and some good performances, with convincing character driven storylines.

Lisa Kudrow especially stood out in this movie as a great actress, playing the anxious, abortion consellor who is filled with her own regrets and insecurities. This is a long way from playing Phoebe, in Friends, and I really liked it.

This is one definately worth renting out on DVD. 3 stars.