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‘Fire Island’: Friends pine in the Pines in sweet rom-com


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The cute romantic comedy “Fire Island” takes the story of “Pride and Prejudice” and really amps up the “Pride.”

Written by and starring Joel Kim Booster, the film modernizes Jane Austen’s 1813 oft-adapted novel, relocates it to the thumping New York beach vacation spot and makes nearly every character a 30-something gay guy. Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy, Mary, Wickham: They’re all here with new names, colorful tank tops and Grindr.

https://nypost.com/2022/06/02/fire-island-review-friends-pine-in-the-pines-in-sweet-rom-com/

I know @E.T.Bass is a fan of Mr. Booster, as are @LoveNDino & @MassageDrew.

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7 hours ago, samhexum said:

The cute romantic comedy “Fire Island” takes the story of “Pride and Prejudice” and really amps up the “Pride.”

Written by and starring Joel Kim Booster, the film modernizes Jane Austen’s 1813 oft-adapted novel, relocates it to the thumping New York beach vacation spot and makes nearly every character a 30-something gay guy. Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy, Mary, Wickham: They’re all here with new names, colorful tank tops and Grindr.

https://nypost.com/2022/06/02/fire-island-review-friends-pine-in-the-pines-in-sweet-rom-com/

I know @E.T.Bass is a fan of Mr. Booster, as are @LoveNDino & @MassageDrew.

I’ve seen it advertised a number of places in NYC (Times Square, subway stations). It is on Hulu, i believe. 

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I watched it late last night. Not as bad as I expected from comments I have read here and elsewhere. There were a few funny moments. Not sure it is good enough for me to enthusiastically recommend or even watch again. A solid  5/10 in my book. 

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Have heard enough about this movie since it was released in 2022.  that I'd like to watch it.  Don't have Hulu however.  Was really pleased to see it's now on Showtime, which I have as part of my cable package.  Only it isn't!  There is an entirely different movie with the same name released in 2023 (sequel to "Last Ferry")!  Both are about a group of friends on a summer vacation on Fire Island, but otherwise very different genres.  You can't copyright a geographic name, so I guess you could have a near infinite number of movies with the same name.  Anybody know an alternative to Hulu for the 2022 movie?

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Fire Island: Directed by Andrew Ahn. With Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, Margaret Cho, Conrad Ricamora. A group of queer best friends gather in Fire Island Pines...
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Fire Island: Directed by Myles Clohessy. With Jonathan Bennett, Connor Paolo, Timothy V. Murphy, Kahyun Kim. The perfect summer vacation quickly spirals out of...

 

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