BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment

VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Lidia Draper Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

thesar-2 I'd like to say this recent purchase on DVD (sadly, no Bluray, yet) brought me back to my childhood, but that would be weird since I was 26 when it was released. It did bring back all my fond memories of that era of my life.This movie still holds up today – for me, at least. The characters, the laughter, the drama, the comradery, the dating…I could relate to all of what this film had to show. With each one individual gay stereotype after another, I both knew someone like these and was one of them at one point or another. Seeing this group brought back so many memories of my young gay youth.Normally, I might be offended by such clichés in any given group of individuals, but since they were so real here, and I lived this, it didn't bother me. With the addition of such actors who had such incredible chemistry and joy to be working with each other, it helped bring the story to life. Not to mention the film had an incredible script with snappy dialogue and deep meanings. Basically, this is a real-life soap opera of best friends either trying to hold onto their present or trying to constantly better themselves. Our main "hero," Dennis (played by the fantastic Timothy Olyphant) is the central point of yearning for something more.Personally, if I could stay in this group until I was the age of Jack (another great performance by John Mahoney) I would. But, Dennis needed more and showed that.Back in 2000, when this was released, I did see this many times, but it got lost in the shuffle until recently and I wanted to revisit it after not seeing it for more than a decade. What warm memories this brought back and boy did it still ring true to my heart. I did laugh-out-loud again, relate again and cried at the appropriate times. Glad I purchased and wanted to become part of the Club again.And what an all-star club it is, if you look to see how many stars showed up to film this hilariously scripted gem. Definitely a recommendation to those of us who grew up gay in the 90s and early 2000s.

meaninglessbark Broken Hearts Club is pretty much the exact sort of movie you can see on Lifetime or the Hallmark Channel but with an all gay plot. It's a slickly produced feel good movie with an attractive cast. And that's it. Great for Saturday evening viewing if, unlike the characters in the film, you're not out at a club. A shot or two of tequila or a few glasses of wine or a couple bottles of beer or all of the above will vastly improve your viewing pleasure.Since Broken Hearts Club doesn't think it's something it isn't it's sort of not fair to tear it apart. But if you don't like cliché characters, completely predictable plots, unfunny jokes, and ridiculous dialog don't watch Broken Hearts Club.

marcus_stokes2000 *The Broken SPOILERS Club* It's the story of five gay friends, Dennis (Timothy Olyphant), the soft-spoken photographer and main character, Benji (a blond Zach Braff) a gym bunny, Patrick (Ben Weber), constantly grouchy, Cole (Dean Cain), the one with the Matinèe Idol good looks, and Howie (Matt McGrath), a psychiatry student who seems to have problems relating to people, as his relationship with Marshall (Justin Theroux) attests.The friends also play baseball in the 'Broken Hearts', the absolute worst baseball team in the world, under the watchful eye of Jack (John Mahoney) and his lover, the Purple Guy (Robert Arce). Coincidentally, the 'Broken Hearts' is also the restaurant where the guys hang out the most and where some of them work.One day, young 'newbie' Kevin (Andrew Keegan) enters the picture and big queen Taylor (Billy Porter) is dumped for 'a punctuation mark' by his boyfriend.That is just the beginning of a season of change for each and everyone of the Broken Hearts Club's card-carrying members, including African-style living rooms, sad deaths, rushes to the hospital, lesbian sister and lover asking for brother's sperm to make a baby, 'therapy sessions', sex with supposedly straight movie stars and more...It was finally refreshing to see a gay movie where they say 'Ok, they're here, they're gay, movin'on'... and touch on relationship with a realism Howie would be proud of.Well, seeing who the director and writer is I shouldn't be surprised, but Everwood's Greg Berlanti managed to do exactly that.He also is aided by a very good cast and crew, who make 'The Broken Hearts Club' a heartwarming flick that can speak to any man, whether gay or straight.The Broken Hearts Club: 9/10.

pogostiks There is not much point in wasting more than one line on this film; it couldn't have been worse even if they tried. However, IMDb insists that I go on for at least ten lines. Let's see...every single idea in this film has been done before... and BETTER! Not only that, but they didn't even have the decency to give us one even mildly titillating sex scene. That's probably because no-one in the film was committed enough to the film to even dare to attempt one. Besides the fact that it was not funny (I think I smiled once during the entire film)there was no-one in the film that you could seriously care about. Even the worst of TV situation comedies comes across as more witty than this... I think they should have added a laugh track. At least we would have known what was supposed to be a joke. Have I done my ten lines yet? Please, let me out of here! I want to forget this film as quickly as possible.