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Amos Lassen wrote on 02/23/2011:

“THE YOUNG, THE GAY AND THE RESTLESS”
Pure Camp
Amos Lassen
There is something about drama queens. They manage to get themselves into all kinds of situations and they can be extremely tiring. “The Young, the Gay and the Restless” (Ariztical) has more than its share of drama queens and they are fun. This campy satire on television soap operas with grabby friends and deceitful relatives is just fun.
Victoria Gaylord is very rich. She also has an illness that cannot be cured and she invites all of her relatives to come to her home and share her last few days. Little does she know that they are planning to take over her wealth. This comedy has so many twists and turns that sometimes you feel you need a road map t keep everything—shall I say—straight?
• Quite honestly I expected this to be a really bad movie. The original screener I received from Ariztical would not play on my DVD player or my computer and I took this as a sign that the movie wasn’t worth my time. I was very much in error. I found myself laughing aloud several times. This is a real gay comedy. To make it more believable and to resemble a soap opera, there are a few straight characters thrown in for balance. Everything about the movie resembles soap—the acting, the editing, the sets and the film work.
• I can’t say the acting is memorable aside from being memorably bad. And the script needs work. For a movie like this, you have to take it for exactly what it is—a spoof, a satire. But to write a good satire is not easy and that is what bothered me the most. I saw so much that could have been improved and I saw the seeds for a really funny movie. Instead we get a fun movie that is occasionally funny. It is too bad that those occasions are when it is not supposed to be funny.
• But there are good things in the movie as well and you may have to search for them. I have read several reviews but I have yet t read one that in some way did not slam this movie, I am not going to slam it, I had a good time with it because I knew what I was watching. As silly as it was, it is an attempt t broaden gay cinema and to me that is very important. Every movie can’t be a “Brokeback Mountain" and every comedy is not “Another Gay Movie”. I say that we have to give newcomers a chance and although this is a movie that is far from perfect, it is a start and everyone deserves that.

Sartre31 wrote on 11/16/2008:

I once watched eye surgery on the Learning Channel. It was the most terrifying and unsettling thing I had ever seen. It is now the second most terrifying and unsettling thing I have ever seen. This movie is an absolute waste of time. It doesn't even fit the criteria for so bad its good. It is simply bad. There is no rule that says making a spoof requires acting that is this bad, there are good comic actors in the world who make very respectable spoofs. If you have any appreciation for camp, satire, spoof, or even basic comedy DO NOT watch this thing.

bigbearphx wrote on 12/17/2006:

In this clever, over-the-top satire of daytime soap operas, "The Young, The Gay and The Restless" (2006) especially pokes fun at the current trend of including gay characters in such shows, by providing a storyline where everyone seems to be gay, married to someone gay, flirting with someone gay, or contemplating murdering a gay character. And, like actual daytime "soaps", there's several
plots going on simultaneously, as well as instances of cheating spouses, sexual predators, an abandoned protege' holding a grudge, incest, sluts, suicide, jealousy, gold-digging relatives worried about their inheritance, a secret criminal record, and even a bisexual foursome as a bit of icing on the cake.

In charge of this extended dysfunctional family is elderly but
feisty and rich matriarch Victoria Gaylord, who brings everyone
together for her birthday celebration, which is cut short when she has a fainting spell. Her husband, Francis (who has some skeletons in the closet as well), calls Dr. Bender who arrives on scene and proceeds to argue with Francis about who has her best interests in mind. Daughter Cynthia arrives at the party late with her husband Phillip, who is concerned that his wife is a bit TOO close to one of her brothers, and is also afraid of being "hit on" by gay brother Nicholas. Meanwhile, flirty gay houseboy Andrew is juggling a couple of prospective future as well as one former boyfriend, all of whom show up to court him, as does a young lady who wants to be Andrew's "try it once" woman. Dr. Bender's sassy assistant, Nurse Jones, arrives last, but her treatment plan for Victoria isn't exactly what others had in mind.

A well-written, campy, tacky, sarcastic, (intentionally and
brilliantly) overacted and hillarious treat, not to be missed! The only negative is a technical gaffe: the background music is way too loud, and sometimes drowns out the dialogue. But I can't hold that important enough to give this creative confection less than a full four stars. DVD has no extras, other than chapter stops. Some eye candy, but would carry a Logo-friendly "R" rating if it had been submitted.

Stephan wrote on 12/13/2006:

This has to be the absolute worst piece of film I have ever seen in my entire life. I wish I could say there was one redeeming quality to it, but there isn't. I tried to look for the comedy in the film, but there was none that made me laugh. The actors were absolutely horrible in their roles and not one sex scene to save the film. If you're going for total cheese, then at least be funny or sexy. This one had neither. Please do yourself the favor and don't waste your time on this piece of dreck.