Saturday, June 4, 2022

Pride Month Movie - Day Four: Fire Island

Fire Island (2022)

Directed by Andrew Ahn

Screenplay by Joel Kim Booster

Stars: Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, Margret Cho, Conrad Ricamora, James Scully, Matt Rogers, Tomas Matos, Torian Miller, Zane Phillips, and Nick Adams

I saw a trailer for this movie and I immediately wanted to watch it. Actually, this movie inspired Pride Movie Month in the first place. It is a nice, frothy romp.

A quartet of friends do their yearly pilgrimage to Fire Island. They stay with their mutual friend, Erin's (Cho) house. They realize that this summer might be their last.

I thought that the movie was going to be focusing around Noah (Booster) and Will (Ricamora) with their situationship. But it was their were equal time with them and Howie (Yang) and Charlie (Scully).

The movie hits on topics like fetishization, elitism, self-esteem, monogamy and consent.

The third act of the movie hit you with all the feels. Seek this movie out.

Rating: 8/10

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