Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!! (2009)

Original title

Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!

Directed by

Evgeny Afineevsky

Genre

comedy film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

14A

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 31 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An adult Jewish man tells his parents he is gay. They struggle to accept his news and are unhappy that his boyfriend is not Jewish.

lightheartedcomedicupbeatheartfeltwarmplayfulsentimentalfamily-centric

What happens

Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!! is a 2009 comedy film directed, co-written, and produced by Evgeny Afineevsky and starring Lainie Kazan, Saul Rubinek, Vincent Pastore, John Lloyd Young, Jai Rodriguez, Bruce Vilanch, Fred Swink and Carmen Electra. The theme song, "The Word Is Love" was written by Desmond Child and performed by Lulu. "The Word is Love" was contending for nominations in the Original Song category for the 82nd Academy Awards. The film concerns an interfaith relationship. An adult Jewish man comes out to his parents as gay. They try to come to terms to it, but are displeased that their son's boyfriend is not Jewish. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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