Well this does exactly what is says on the tin; It’s big (in fact it seem to go on and on and on), it’s gayer than banging a load of crystal up your ass and singing the Glee version of Cabaret in the discount cake isle of Tesco and it’s a musical, yes there is certainly music in it and people sing along to it, at the drop of hat darling, at the drop of a h.a.t.

There’s so much of this musical that it could have been sliced thinly and used for two other slightly smaller squealing gay musicals, and I don’t know why they didn’t just keep half of it for a sequel.  It’s only 90 minutes but it felt like five hours long and I’m not sure why that was. I didn’t end up singing any of the songs the next day in the shower, in fact I can’t remember one of them. BUT and this is a big gay but, for this big gay musical, everyone in this film, other than the mean Televangelists (and God oddly enough) are sexy, fit, lithe men who spend a lot of their time semi-naked or clad in tight silver lycra pants, or stretchy, tiny thin things clinging to their buff bodies.. You’re gonna love it.

The male ensemble dance and chorus scenes are wonderfully done and this is where the musical came alive for me, with some seriously tongue in cheek dancing these boys are as tight as their shorts, the tap-dancing angels possibly the best part of the entire film.

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The plot is as simple as the cast: there’s a gay musical on Broadway with some gay boys who are in gay love but don’t know it, one of them ain’t out, his folks (who just happen to be religious maniacs) are coming to New York to see their actor son, who’s gearing up to become a super slut.

The other is seeking out men and eventually meets a stage door Johnny, who’s cute (phew!) they fall in love. God intervenes, the musical and real life become more and more mixed etc etc etc, you know where this is going and it got there in the end, passing every single cliché on the way, but by a very scenic route.

Those well worn tracks can be a very smooth ride sometimes and like the baby soft skin of the main leads in this film, and one suspects their brains, this didn’t do anything to shock, alarm or distress.

Anyway, did I like it ? No. Will you like it? Absolutely yes! I can see this film becoming a bit of a gay cult in a few years, the production values are high, it’s slick and fun and most of the dialogue has been written with one eye on quoting it at the bars. Oh, and there’s a happy ending so sickly sweet that I almost sent me into a diabetic coma and a relentless optimistic tone that become so irritating in the end I almost turned to drink.  Swish it up Darlings, Swish it up!

Out now £14.99  

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