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Synopsis

In Just Say Love, when a relationship between two men that begins as pure sex and then becomes something more, the "straight" man flees into the safe arms of his girlfriend and newborn child. Graceful and pure, Just Say Love is one of the most original and successful stage-to-screen adaptations we’ve seen.

Review

Adapted by writer David Mauriello from his stage play, Just Say Love is a stunning departure from the average stage-to-screen film. With simple sets on a dark sound-stage and just two actors, director Bill Humphreys and team have created a strikingly elegant, moving and satisfying film. As the film opens, geeky Guy (Matthew Jaeger) is sitting on a park bench reading Plato. Doug (Robert Mammana), a hot construction worker, approaches the bench and asks Guy if he can join him. Their conversation veers towards sex, and “straight” Doug reveals that he could use a blowjob, and that he didn’t care if it was from a guy. The two men go up to Guy’s nearby apartment to take care of business. This sexual, non-romantic relationship continues to the shock of both men. But when Doug’s girlfriend gives birth to their child, this once-simple relationship comes to an end. One never knows which way the human heart will turn. Pure and deceptively simple, the very knowing Just Say Love is truly a wonderful cinematic creation full of love.

-- Scott Cranin

Customer Reviews

disappointing

bloodhound wrote on 07/04/2011:

This is my first time ever posting a review of a product, and I am not....young. lol
This film was so bad; no plot, no character development (which you usually get when there is no plot), no nothing. Poorly acted as well. The TLA listing made it look so good. Don't waste your money.

An Extraordinary Surprise

two4699 wrote on 10/09/2010:

I was not sure this movie, or rather play, would be either able to captivate, nor hold my attention for its entire duration.....however, these characters were very well written, and the actors provided rawness, depth, and unmistakable emotion as they wove this story to a climactic end.......BRAVO....This is an instant classic, and one for the ages!

We're given an Enchanted Fairytale....with a happy.......

just a reviewer wrote on 08/24/2010:

.......ending. And you know what? We deserve it!

Having seen years of gay film productions (particularly romances) on video tape, Laser and DVD, for me most have been crap (any disagreement?). BUT....this one can take a proud and high position in the Top-12 of gay dramas. Excellent writing/conversion to screen, great staging.......they're in here. Still and all, it's Matthew Jaeger (Guy / Guido) and Robert Mammana (Doug) who breathe life into this work and into Us as we watch. Captivated and drawn into their simple lives, we see them become Us---you and me. That's right, who out here wouldn't want a man of openness, raw needs, funniness......wouldn't "physically" want such a man as Doug? Would anyone of us turn down a Guy's perceptiveness, depth of feeling, and indefinable ability to draw us out of ourselves?

So, in the end this whole thing (this "Just Say Love") has fallen to and been carried on the shoulders of these two amazing actors---actors who didn't just learn lines....but who lived their parts. In tribute to them, I feel compelled to say I can think of no other past performers in gay filmdom who could have done better. Can you?

I loved it

PaulAnthony wrote on 08/10/2010:

Honest. Even though the sexual actions were mind played there were very effective. It is a realistic revelation of two guys falling in love. It is believable and I fell in love with both guys. I imagine them as my next door neighbors.
Thanks for the memory. 4 stars

Unrealistic, but cute

Marty wrote on 08/09/2010:

High marks all around for cast, acting, and production values. The story is well done, if a bit unrealistic. Not every straight looking for NSA head from a gay man is a tormented soul in search of his long lost high school buddy fantasy. Sometimes he just wants to get blown. When guys as hot as Robert Mammana approach me for sex I have no inner conflict. Rather than the soul searching of Matthew Jaeger's charcter, I immediately search for a dark secluded spot to seal the deal! And guys willing to service straight men need to know what they're getting themselves into. You might get an occasional experimental kiss or 10 seconds of awkward sucking, but don't expect romance. Just hot, mostly one-way sex.

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