Coffee Date (2006)

47% of critics liked it
(17 reviews)
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A simple brotherly joke goes hilariously awry in director Stewart Wade's zany tale of mistaken sexual identity. Todd's brother Barry wants to help his single sibling out by setting him up on a blind date. While all signs lead to a perfect match, it soon becomes obvious that Barry is having a little… More A simple brotherly joke goes hilariously awry in director Stewart Wade's zany tale of mistaken sexual identity. Todd's brother Barry wants to help his single sibling out by setting him up on a blind date. While all signs lead to a perfect match, it soon becomes obvious that Barry is having a little fun at his brother's expense when the Kelly in question turns out not to be a beautiful woman, but a homosexual male. Upon realizing that they have been duped by Todd's mischievous brother, the unlikely couple soon forms a warm friendship while concocting an elaborate scheme to one-up the unrepentant prankster. When Barry sees Todd and Kelly holding hands soon thereafter, he becomes convinced that his brother is, in fact, gay, and phones the pair's mother to break the news. As Todd's mother begins to see his son's disdain for sports and love of film as clear signs of his homosexuality that she has somehow managed to overlook, she determines to show her son that she will love him no matter what his lifestyle. But Todd's mother isn't the only one who is now convinced that her son is gay, and as suspicions begin to abound in his close-knit social circle, the hapless "homosexual" soon begins to wonder if there isn't some truth to the rumors after all. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 34 min.
Directed By: Stewart Wade
Genres: Drama, Comedy

In Theaters: Nov 10, 2006 Wide
On DVD: Sep 25, 2007
Studio: Slowhand Releasing

Critic Reviews

Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic
It's clever and sweet and pretty consistently funny.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Leaving no cliché unturned, Coffee Date provides cheesy music, chats about gaydar and the obligatory are-you-looking-at-mine? urinal scene.
Michael Fox, Village Voice
A warmhearted tale carried by genuine affection and a charming cast rather than cutting one-liners and turbo-charged plotting.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
It's so full of bland good will, the story goes nowhere in romantic-comedy terms.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Coffee Date is a likable, extremely goofy piece of fluff.
Joey Guerra, Houston Chronicle
Coffee Date has lots going on, and its message -- there are all kinds of love - is an earnest one. But the script relies too heavily on stock characters and overused plot devices to make any real impact.
Phil Hall, Film Threat
Honestly, this awful little movie should have stayed in the closet.
Brian Orndorf, eFilmCritic.com
Coffee Date is a film of small objectives, yet still achieves a fully-realized emotional state that's genuine, even in the midst of broad comedy.
David Noh, Film Journal International
Lacking in real wit and radiant human feeling.
Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide
This bittersweet indie's greatest asset is that stars [Jonathan] Bray and [Wilson] Cruz have both real chemistry and a real problem -- as opposed to a series of trumped-up plot machinations -- standing in the way of romance.
Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine
Queer cinema in this country is suffering and Coffee Date is further confirmation that gay men in Los Angeles have way too much money to throw around.
Laura Kelly, South Florida Sun-Sentinel
While the acting occasionally stoops to horrid, even worse is that the characters themselves can be aggravatingly insipid, strutting the most tired of gay-phobic jokes.
Ted Murphy, Murphy's Movie Reviews
COFFEE DATE is an amusing twist on the somewhat tired genre of romantic comedy, although it really is more of a buddy movie.
Anderson Jones, FilmStew.com
Might usher in a whole new cinema trend: the gay romantic comedy.
Adam Nayman, L.A. Weekly
How disappointing that a film that hints at the fluid, nonbinary natures of love and attraction should labor so hard to knot its own loose ends.

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Byron B

I saw this at the Cleveland International Film Festival too. It was very funny. The joke that the guy is not gay but all his family and coworkers think he is, could have gotten old fast. It did bother me at first that no matter how many times he says he is not gay, his mother… More
I saw this at the Cleveland International Film Festival too. It was very funny. The joke that the guy is not gay but all his family and coworkers think he is, could have gotten old fast. It did bother me at first that no matter how many times he says he is not gay, his mother doesn't really listen. But because the characterizations were written so well, it actually works that every time the main guy tries to explain away the misunderstanding everyone else doesn't really hear him.
Sunil J

Wilson Cruz makes this fun but the movie itself is mostly silly.