There are films that I just want to like because they are so likeable and their humor hits at just the right spot. Sometimes, however, a detail throws a spanner in the works. And that was the case here, too. The story is not new: son lives his gay life far away from his family, when the family gets on his case - in this case in the form of his mother - the game of hide and seek begins. In a comedy, of course, everything turns out well, the mother finds out everything and has understanding. More than that, she suddenly turns from a rather annoying and unsympathetic mother hen into a wise lady. It's not believable, but hey, this is a movie and not reality. This is matched by Alim's constant dialogues with an imagined Cary Grant, which contribute nothing at all to the plot, but ultimately serve to exaggerate the artificial atmosphere of the film, which is conceived like a play. Kyle MacLachlan doesn't do anything wrong here, his oneliners are great and could have come from a screwball comedy, but at times his presence annoys me. As a result, it's all sympathetic and not necessarily believable, but it doesn't stick much more than the realization that even 18 years ago, the subject of gayness in film was still one of remarkable uptightness.
Review of Touch of Pink
