AVAILABLE MEN (DVD/WS/DOLBY 2.0)

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AVAILABLE MEN: A comedic case of mistaken identity when two guys meet up for a blind date with the wrong guys. STRAIGHT BOYS: Ben thinks hes found true love in his straight college roommate Morgan. Being honest with Morgan may be Bens straightest path to happiness, regardless of the outcome. HELLO, THANKS: An amusing and bittersweet look at the fine art of writing personal ads to summarize yourself and attract others. TUMBLEWEED TOWN: In this animated cowboy tale, produced in 1999, Todd hitchhikes through the Texas desert seeking true love. Also includes THE UNDERMINER, IRENE WILLIAMS: QUEEN OF LINCOLN ROAD, SISSY FRENCHFRY.

• Actors: Plotnick, Ruccolo
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language (Original Language): English
• Release Date: 2007-01-30
• Running Time: 105 minutes
• Theatrical Release Date: 2006

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Reviewed on 2007-05-07 Not worth the effort to watch. "Available Men" is a Wolf Video compilation of seven supposedly "sexy short gay films." The number is correct, and they are short (ranging from 6 to 30 minutes). One doesn't even have a gay subject, and the word "sexy" has no business being in the description for at least six of the seven. I'll rate each one individually. The compilation starts off with "Available Men", a rather amusing farce in which two gay males on a blind date are to meet at a certain hotel, at the same time that a high powered Hollywood agent is supposed to meet with an in-demand but somewhat nasty new screenwriter. You can guess the mixup, and predict the laughs, but it is rather funny and the only one of the shorts that doesn't go on too long. 4 stars out of 5. "Straight Boys" is the story of two male college roommates, one of whom has a crush on the other. Of course, the straight best female friend of the gay boy helps him to see the light. 3 stars out of 5. "Hello Thanks" touches on the experience of running personals ads, and how the ad is tweaked to find the elusive "Mr. Right." 2 stars out of 5 (Notice a trend with the ratings?) "Tumbleweed Town" is a "Brokeback"-wannabe, using toy cowboy figurines and stop-action photography to tell a "love story" that seems much longer than the 8 minutes it actually lasts. 0 stars out of 5. Most of us probably know someone like "The Underminer," a friend who is so self-centered that he will throw a depressed friend into a deeper funk with his insensitivity. Nothing worth telling. 1 out of 5. "Irene Williams, Queen of Lincoln Rd" is a sweet story (by a gay filmmaker) about a colorful senior citizen living in Miami Beach. What it is doing on this particular compilation is a mystery. 3 stars out of 5. You may have seen "Sissy Frenchfry" on LOGO, where it has been on rotation on their "shorts" program. Relatively big budget film, lasting a full 30 minutes (seems longer), telling the story of a rather strange high school presided over by a fey principal (Leslie Jordan) and an openly gay student body president. You know the ending five minutes into the film. 3 stars out of 5.

Reviewed on 2007-03-26 Mildly entertaining mix of shorts I am uncertain why I always expect more from shorts that are, by definition, short, punchy, lacking (sometimes) substance and style, and frequently leaving me with that "lost time" feeling. Now I love Richard Ruccolo. (See All Over the Guy.) This is one of my favorite movies. But "his" short is nothing too interesting or substantial, and was disappointing to me. Some of the shorts were entertaining, like a gay student body president who gets challenged by the new straight guy, or the serial personal ad writer. Others were entirely forgettable. Like the stop-motion gay cowboys. My favorite short was "Irene Williams, Queen of Lincoln Road," about an elderly lady in Florida with her own sense of pride, style, and substance. Though even this short goes a little over-long, it has a sense of humanity and warmth which conveys more meaning than the rest of the collection put together. It's not the most professionally-made, but has the most interesting subject and story. It's worth a rental, certainly, but it's mediocre at best.

Reviewed on 2007-02-26 'And save the best for FIRST!' AVAILABLE MEN is a very mixed bad of short films about gay subjects that very from excellent to weak. Fortunately for the film's success the series opens with the very finest of the shorts, the AVAILABLE MEN of the title. As written and directed by David Dean Bottrell is a takeoff on the standard confused identity story but the film has very funny, snappy dialogue, a quartet of handsome hunks who also happen to act very well (read professionally) and the piece just works tightly and seamlessly. The four actors who seem as though they could handle about any role are Brian Gattas, Jack Plotnick, Richard Ruccolo and Kostas Sommer. Watch for these names as they are sure to pop up in bigger films! As for the other films all are obviously student efforts and should be viewed as such. They have their redeeming graces but stumble for the most part on clumsy scripts, cheap camera work, amateur acting, over the top ideas, and painful lack of substance. They are variably entertaining and some (as the last extended piece about the gay student body president of a high school) attempt to make some social statements. But the reason to watch the movie is for the first short 'Available Men.' It is a winner, and were it by itself the rating for the movie would be considerably higher! Grady Harp, February 07

Reviewed on 2007-01-08 Seven Short Films "AVAILABLE MEN" Seven Short Films Amos Lassen and Cinema Pride "Available Men" from Wolfe Video is a collection of seven shorts that have made the rounds of GLBT festivals. Each film stands alone but when seen together, it is a great experience. "Available Men" (from which the DVD takes its title tells of Rob a Hollywood agent who is verging on desperation travels to Los Angeles for a meeting with Stephen, who has just written a new screenplay. At exactly the same time, a very polite young artist named Steve is headed for a meeting at the very same hotel that Rob and Stephen are supposed to meet at. Steve I to meet with a young man named Rob for a blind date. The meeting of the four makes for some unexpected consequences. "Hello, Thanks" is about Andy who has been perusing the personal ads and gives us a behind the scenes look at the nature of writing personal ads. Miami Beach is the setting for the third film. "Irene Williams, Queen of Lincoln Road" and is a wonderful portrait of a Miami eccentric with a very unique sense of fashion. West Beach High School and the student council election is the essence of "Sissy French Fry". As the character Sissy Frenchfry runs against a transfer student the campaign is not a usual one. All of us have had crushes on straight boys but Ben feels he has found love with his straight roommate. He decides to confess his feelings and hope that the results will pay off. "Straight Boys" is a familiar topic handsomely handled. There is also an animated short in the collection. "Tumblewood Town" is an animated cowboy short about Todd who hitchhikes through Texas in the hope of finding true romance. Finally, "The Underminer" stars Mike Albo; a well known performance artist in New York who plays the two leads is about those gay masters who have passive-aggressive traits. This is not the best compilation video around these days but it does something few others have done and that is to promote diversity. These are refreshing fils and the compilation is excellent. It is very hard to judge a DVD made up of shorter films and I have seen better compilations but "Available Men" is interesting in that all of the films have been on the festival circuit. We often hear about the shorts that we seldom have the opportunity to see and for this reason, we are lucky to have this DVD.

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