- Summary: A gay Brit living in New York is deprived of his immigration status, and risks losing his family and life in the U.S., so he marries his lesbian best friend to remain in the country. Things get complicated when he meets the love of his life and is forced to make an impossible choice.
- Director: Glenn Gaylord
- Genre(s): Drama
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 0 out of 6
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Mixed: 2 out of 6
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Negative: 4 out of 6
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60The sometimes forced if well-intentioned social proselytizing is alleviated by the well-drawn relationships among the central characters.
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40A sweet, sincere, yet ultimately tepid story.
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30Ross's on-the-nose script offers little subtext or nuance, and the film—for all the inherent drama of the situation—has very little real-life grit.
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30A romantic-comedy melodrama that’s too gentle by half.
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20In a better movie you might play along with contrived plot twists and fake obstacles, but watching I Do, a movie with thin characters and a languorous pace, you find yourself talking back to the screen.
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12Someday, when gay Americans enjoy full equality, we can all hope their sexuality will finally stop being used as fodder for dopey, hopelessly contrived dramas like I Do.
