The Reception

The Reception has four principal characters and each has secrets-- enormous secrets. It is about a wealthy white woman, and her black, gay, male, live-in companion. It also features a visit from her daughter who is supposedly in the company of her new husband, also a black, gay, man. The photography is beautiful, but the plot seems implausible. Having given away two of the secrets, I will not spoil the movie by telling the other secrets. This movie belongs to a new genre of gay movies that treat gay themes in a positive light. It is artsy, creative, and low budget. We definitely have a great need for more movies of this kind. Unfortunately, the writer attempts to do far too much with the screen play, but it is a good movie and well worth viewing, at least once.