Who thought it was a good idea to revive Mart Crowley's 1968 play, then to film it with the theatre cast? It's unbearable - one of those one act plays, claustrophobic, with people ripping into each other, like Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf or Abigail's Party - and irrelevant today to boot. And that whole play-like thing - the straight guy who's dropped in, then won't leave - sits half the time in silence. No, I'm afraid, no. Not even as a play, let alone a film.
The cast: Jim Parsons, Matt Bomer, Andrew Rannells (Girls, The Intern), Zachary Quinto (the pot smoker), Tuc Watkins, Brian Hutchison, Michael Benjamin, Robin de Jesus, Charlie Carver (cowboy).
This is the problem with streaming channels - you put something on, without really knowing what it is, with no independent critical review - and you can end up in the fridge. (Filmed plays that do work: The Odd Couple, Dial M For Murder.. it's not a big list. The Man Who Came to Dinner.)
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