Friends And Family

Occasionally clever but far too contrived, director Kristen Coury's feature debut, in which a gay couple stage an elaborate deception in order to keep their secret lives a secret, offers a fresh twist on the old LA CAGE AUX FOLLES set-up. But it's not their relationship that openly gay Stephen Torcelli (Greg Lauren) and his lover, Danny Russo (Christopher Gartin), are trying to hide from Stephen's visiting parents (Beth Fowler, Frank Pellegrino). It's the fact that they're not really successful caterers — they're the fiercely loyal bodyguards of Mafia capo Victor Patrizzi (Tony Lo Bianco), sharp-dressed henchmen who wouldn't hesitate to jam a beer bottle down th...