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When Love Comes

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Synopsis

An insightful and sexy look at gay and straight relationships in this wonderful film from New Zealand.

Review

Life is more than just sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll in this gritty comic melodrama set in the New Zealand music industry. Drummer Fig (Nancy Brunning) and singer Sally (Sophia Hawthorne) are lovers and aspiring pop stars trying to jump-start their music careers. The girls seek help from a former pop diva named Katie Keane (Rena Owen), a one-time chart-topper who has returned home to recover from a downward spiral. They are also aided by their irresistibly cute but emotionally strung out songwriter, Mark (Dean O'Gorman), and Stephen (Simon Prast) Mark's frustrated boyfriend, who is Katie's best friend.

When Love Comes features some catchy pop songs amid the turmoil of Mark and Steven's tempestuous relationship, but the film's greatest attraction is Owen's outstanding performance as the washed up Keane. This funky, life-affirming film proves that there is nothing like true romance and the love of some good friends to cure the blues during a chaotic summer. Gay director Garth Maxwell (Jack be Nimble and the short "Beyond Gravity") packs an emotional wallop with this penetrating look at gay, lesbian and straight relationships.

Customer Reviews

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Hipster wrote on 05/22/2002:

IF you were lucky enough to catch this in '99, you knew what a gem it was. Then, it fell off the radar screen, but now available on DVD so you have your chance. The soundtrack is excellent. Simon Prast is a v sexy 40 something man, which is nice to see in a Gay flick these days. Rena Owen as an almost washed up one-hit pop wonder is fabulous. And who knew that Dean O'Gorman of "Young Hercules" TV series fame had acting chops. After viewing, you feel like you have hung out with your friends for a while and shared their emotional growth. Warning, this is Art House fare and not "traditional" story lines of "gay" fare of late, meaning that this is not filled with smappy one-liners and stereo-typical depiction of our lifes and loves!