The Broken Hearts Club (2000)

Original title

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy

Directed by

Greg Berlanti

Genre

LGBTQ-related film, romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 96 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of gay friends in West Hollywood lean on each other for support and friendship. They navigate search for love, dealing with loss, and personal discovery, centered on a restaurant and the softball team it sponsors.

warmhumorousbittersweetlightheartedsentimentalconversationaleasygoingtender

What happens

The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy is a 2000 American romantic comedy drama film written and directed by Greg Berlanti. It follows the lives of a group of gay friends in West Hollywood, centered on a restaurant owned by the fatherly Jack (John Mahoney) and the softball team he sponsors. The friends rely on each other for friendship and support as they search for love, deal with loss, and discover themselves. The Broken Hearts Club was Berlanti's first feature film, based on his circle of friends at the time. The movie was met with generally favorable reviews from critics, receiving praise for portraying homosexuality as normal and its characters as average gay men. The film focuses on "the universal themes of romance, acceptance and family", as opposed to AIDS, coming out, and sex, which are more controversial and stereotypical topics commonly covered in LGBT films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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