Spoiler Alert (2022)
Directed by Michael Showalter
Screenplay by David Marshall Grant & Dan Savage
Based on the book, "Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies" by Michael Ausiello
Stars: Jim Parsons, Ben Aldridge, Sally Field, Bill Irwin, Nikki M. James, Sadie Scott, Jason Gotay, Brody Caines, Braxton Fannin, and Tara Summers
Watching the trailer of the film, I wanted to see the film. The trailer was very forthright that the movie is a love story, but a different one. I know of Michael Ausiello, but I did not know about his life with his husband, Kit. This is a sweet movie that will tug at your heartstrings.
The movie covers the romance between Michael (Parsons) and Kit (Aldridge). Meeting in a club in 2001? or 2002?, Kit getting to know Michael's smurf collection and them falling in love with each other. Signs of things to come began to show themselves with the fainting spells.After being together for over a decade, Kit learns that he has cancer. The movie shows us the true love shown between Michael and Kit as they battle this new obstacle.
I was thinking that the movie was going to be exploiting the cancer story to make people cry. It was handled well. It wasn't manipulative.
This is not a feel good movie by any means. It does make you feel that love is the strongest drug to have.
Rating: 8/10
