Love or Whatever (2012) User Reviews

The difference between this and a straight romantic comedy....

[ekeby · 5/10 · 16 September 2018]

Is probably ten or twenty million dollars. Meaning, better production values, better direction, script doctors, etc.

Rom coms are one tough genre for gay folk, evidently. There aren't many that succeed. This one doesn't either, but I can see how the script--which is pretty innocuous--almost makes it over the finish line. There are at least a couple of sharp lines in the movie, all delivered by the hardworking Jennifer Elise Cox.

I've come to the conclusion that it's a matter of money. There are plenty of straight rom coms that are much more watchable than this movie, but they aren't really any better. Throw a lot of money at a mediocre script and at least it's viewable. Is it really that simple?

This premise could have been sharp and original. But the writer and the director went for the obvious to make up for what the script lacked. And the result is overwrought and overacted and unnecessarily frantic. Too bad. It could have been good.

Watchable and Enjoyable

[JJ-Chi · 6/10 · 24 February 2021]

Nothing great or meaningful here. Nobody is going to win any acting awards ...but this was enjoyable and watchable. No thinking required here; actually, the more you think about it, the less you will enjoy it.

Overall, a fun and enjoyable escape from reality.

TIP: MAKE SURE TO WATCH past the credits ...the movie continues for about another minute with an interesting clip.

Only a moron could not see beneath the surface of this film

[jromanbaker · 9/10 · 18 January 2021]

This is a funny, not meant to be taken seriously serious film. Let the politically correct work that one out! I should hate the fact that it is a wish fulfillment film, complete with butch and passive Gays, and ditto for the delightful Lesbians, and that therapists are unfit because they seem shallow, but I don't. This is an exaggeration of the Gay world and it works. It is about as serious as ' Bringing Up Baby ' the Katherine Hepburn classic and just as funny. I even wrote some of the lines down they were so witty ( perhaps unprintable here ) and every shade of the Gay/Queer spectrum should bite the bullet if they have to and watch it. I saw it with French subtitles, which added to the fun. And the actor who played the so-called ( and offensively remarked upon on this site ) as a leering, lecherous old woman ( read the review ) gave a brilliant and moving performance. The sex is upfront and hilarious as well as being sexy and the acting throughout was spot on even down to the smallest roles. I loved the Gay twins in matching clothes looking for the same man to share, and the ventriloquist who did a pastiche of Norman Bates ( guess the film ) if any outraged reviewer does not know, and above all see beneath the L.A. surface. There is a mad reality in this film that I will watch many times when I am depressed, and I will not take it seriously seriously.

Modern Screwball Comedy

[donwc1996 · 10/10 · 1 August 2014]

This film is an absolute hoot. It has some of the funniest bits ever done in film and it is a modern rendition of the classic screwball comedy of the Thirties like Bringing Up Baby with Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn or My Girl Friday and other great classic comedies. The cast in this film is utterly inspired they are so perfect. The lead is like a puppy he is so adorable and the two hunks after him are so hot you almost want to cry. The sister is almost the best part of the film she is so incredibly lovable and funny. You just want to hug her forever. The photography, locations, music are all first rate making this film just plain fun, fun, fun.

A typically stupid gay movie from LA (where else?)

[jm10701 · 26 January 2015]

Love Or Whatever is completely unbelievable, unfunny and unromantic.

The main character is ugly and obnoxious, a whining, self-obsessed creep. We're supposed to believe that two West Hollywood gym bunnies are in love with him. We're supposed to believe that he's a licensed, practicing psychotherapist. We're supposed to laugh at a slobbering, leering, lecherous old woman and at a middle-aged woman who enjoys being attacked by male mountain lions.

We're supposed to be touched (and laugh too, maybe?) when WeHo Gym Bunny #2 (the pizza guy, the tall one with blue eyes, in case you have trouble telling them apart) wipes the snot dripping from the poor heartbroken hero's nose. We're supposed to be thrilled (and laugh too, maybe?) at the possibility that they may indeed be THE ONE for each other.

Only fans of the endless Eating Out series and similarly stupid gay comedies could like this movie. It was made by and for morons.

Light and Bubbly and I Love It!

[derrickluciano · 9/10 · 1 December 2014]

This is one film you'll enjoy on a popcorn weekend night with your friends. Just go with the tide and enjoy Corey's affairs with two hunky guys.

The plot: Psychoanalyst Corey proposes to boyfriend Jon. Jon who thinks he's "flexi-sexual" got scared and runs off with an older woman who later became one of Corey's patients. Corey meets and dates hunky pizza boy Pete. Then it's Corey's turn to get scared of the potential perfect boyfriend. Who is he gonna end up with?

The film is peppered with hilarious characters: the crazy lesbian sister, the "animal lover" patient, the schizo puppeteer, the cookie old woman. Editing is fast and not a scene is wasted. What can you say when two guys go "catch me if you can" in the woods. Very funny indeed.

Tyler Poelle who played Corey is a natural comedian. Joel Rush who played pizza boy Pete is more than just eye candy. The other actors look very professional and have natural comic timing. Over-all, a likable film...

Lovely Story

[Camideville · 10/10 · 14 November 2016]

I want to start by saying I don't take movies too seriously. If you can get me to sit through one...congrats on the writing & execution. I had been dying to see this because one of my friends; local Dallas artist, Paco Estrada, has a song on the soundtrack. It's the beautiful medley when Corey & Pete hookup. I'll do anything support Paco. I think the story is cute, I like the actors & would recommend it to anybody. I had empathy for the main character & enjoyed the comedic relief of the sister. I also felt for the Pete. The first boyfriend, was a perfect antagonist. The clients are a little far fetched. I think it's to make you see how much worse things could be on the other side of the fence.

A very pleasant surprise

[apollon-17262 · 8/10 · 21 April 2021]

Funny and refreshing. A definite must watch. I loved it.