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Strange Bedfellows (2004)

Strange Bedfellows poster
Directed by
Dean Murphy
Genre
comedy film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
R
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two straight men pretend to be a gay couple to qualify for tax breaks from the government. They must keep up the act while dealing with officials and their own embarrassment.

lightheartedhumorousfeel-goodeasygoingquirkywhimsicalplayful

What happens

Strange Bedfellows is a 2004 Australian buddy comedy film directed by Dean Murphy and starring Paul Hogan and Michael Caton as heterosexual men who pass themselves off as a gay couple in order to get financial benefits from the government. A stage musical based on the film ran at the Princess Theatre in Melbourne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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