Big subjects, pat presentation. Originally aired on Showtime earlier this year and adapted from the Off-Broadway play by coscreenwriter Jonathan Tolins, this relentlessly middlebrow drama places young marrieds Suzanne and Rob Stein (Jennifer Beals and
Jon Tenney) on the horns of a hot-button dilemma. Rob is a geneticist -- "Medical experiments!" wails his elderly father, a Holocaust survivor -- who persuades his pregnant wife to undergo a series of tests; they determine that their unborn son stands a 90 percent chance of being born gay, like
her opera-loving brother David (Brendan Fraser). What should be done with this piece of information? Everyone has an opinion,...
Released:
1997
Rated:
R
Length:
92 mins