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Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!

DVD SPECIAL FEATURES
-Opening Animation
-Audience Responses
-Montreal World Premier Footage
-Outtakes and Additional Footage

A romantic comedy, featuring a Jewish family struggling to come to terms with their son's non-Jewish and gay boyfriend, stars Lainie Kazan, Saul Rubinek, Vincent Pastore, John Lloyd Young, Jai Rodriguez, Bruce Vilanch, and Carmen Electra!

A Long Island couple struggles to come to terms with the fact that their son is gay after he comes out of the closet at his cousin's wedding. When every attempt to understand their son's lifestyle ends in failure, Nelson's (Lloyd-Young) parents decide to have dinner with the boyfriend's parents, and discover the power of compassion. Trying their best to keep Nelson's sexuality a well-guarded secret, Shirley (Kazan) and Martin (Rubinek) realize that all bets are off when their son and his partner attempt to adopt a child, blowing the lid off the closet door!

Rated PG-13

Product details

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 2.88 ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 28938209
Director ‏ : ‎ Evgeny Afineevsky
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Widescreen, Dolby, Color, NTSC
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 30 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ June 10, 2014
Actors ‏ : ‎ Vincent Pastore, Saul Rubinek, Jai Rodriguez, John Lloyd Young
Studio ‏ : ‎ Breaking Glass
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00J925RX0
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Best Sellers Rank: #144,324 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #522 in LGBT (Movies & TV)
- #15,697 in Comedy (Movies & TV)

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TurtleBear

Mamma was worried about a Chiksa

Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2017

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Very cute movie. Everyone, but 1, was the perfect person for their part. The story unfolds the only way it could, with a Jewish mother.

Jai Rodriguez is a geat actor in other parts, but, my only complaint, which will not endear me to some, is WHY do they have to put 1 straighty acting gay guy with 1 semi to mostly flamboyant gay guy that has to throw temper tantrums to get their way. Now, I do know that many Jewish gay guys like hispanics, but surely there were other hispanic actors to choose from. Sorry, it was just a problem I had with the stress level. It's hard enough to introduce your gay boyfriend to your mother, but it's harder when the guy is on fire.

Once I decided that the boyfriend was actually someone like maybe Charlie David, I enjoyed the movie. But as I said, I love Jai in other movies, just not in this one.

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Hawaii Shopper

Entertaining

Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2018

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I enjoyed this tremendously. I even teared up at a couple of places. The acting was wonderful and entertaining with Lainie Kazan leading the cast. As a sexagenarian, it wasn’t easy coming out. It’s so much easier now. But, even today there can be some difficult moments as featured in the film. I did not like the plot line where the two unmarried men adopted the baby; should have been a married parents or single parent adoption. I also didn’t like the introductory cartoon scenes; I nearly stopped watching it before the real characters came on. Nonetheless, the plot with Jewish backdrop was entertaining and funny.

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Love Reign

LOVE John Lloyd Young!

Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2014

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John Lloyd Young is the most talented young performer to come along in years! I loved the message behind this movie, but it's well worth watching it just to see him. Prior to making this movie, he won a Tony for best lead actor in a musical for his role in Jersey Boys on Broadway, along with three other major theater awards the same year. He also has a golden voice and was the primary singer on a platinum Grammy-award-winning album. He's garnered immense praise for his lead role in the movie Jersey Boys, and has been mentioned as a possible Golden Globe nominee. Mark my words, you will be seeing and hearing a LOT more from John Lloyd Young in the future!

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AVM

Cute, good acting from the families

Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2021

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Overall it was cute, I thought it was from the 1980's, (wikipedia says 2009) not sure if that was intentional. The parents acting is good but the main gay couple seem oddly unaffectionate. Who greets their partner with a kiss on the cheek? But overall it was a nice movie.

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Modo1013

JLY commented that he thought it is one of the best scenes in the film

Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2014

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I ordered the film because I had seen some of interviews and videos about it online. I was also curious to see how JLY handled his first film performance post Jersey Boys. In the press conference, Jai Rodriguez tells the story of how the director got him and JLY to do a pivotal scene in a park. It sounded horrifying and hysterical at the same time. JLY commented that he thought it is one of the best scenes in the film. I thought it was THE best scene in the film. Every time the film cut away from the gay couple, I wanted it to shift back to them. Lainie Kazan and Saul Rubinek were great and probably very true-to-life as the Jewish parents, but, it was a little too much about them. I would have liked there to have been a scene or two with Jai Rodriguez film parents, as a comparison. They already knew and accepted their son's lifestyle, and probably already knew Nelson fairly well. I thought the guys pulled off the young gay couple in love, especially with one of them still in the closet. Loved the montage with Jai's character Angelo gleefully trying to find something to wear to the wedding, while JLY's Nelson cringes with every outfit. They were sweet and not over the top. There just wasn't enough of them in the film. Some reviewers commented that JLY seemed uncomfortable playing a gay character. I think that was the point - Nelson wasn't in a comfortable place. He was a conservative, Jewish boy who wasn't out and JLY's performance shifted totally in the dinner scene when he tried to make the parents understand. Another scene I liked was when Nelson and his father went to the bar and watched football together. That ended in a sweet moment. I actually liked the animated beginning and thought the humor, although cliched, was pretty funny. I agree that the ending seemed a little rushed, and I guess are supposed to assume what happened in the last scene. Overall, I thought it was cute and not too pushy with the message.

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Len Lovallo

I was surprised how much I enjoyed this movie

Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2021

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I liked this movie mainly for the cast. I’m a big Laine Kazan fan. But also, being an Italian gay man from Brooklyn, I can identify with the Jewish and Italian feelings about a son being gay. They may not like it, they’ll eventually except it, and then they will fight anyone who disrespects their sons.

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J. Smith

Meh but cute story line

Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2020

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It was nice that the story was centered around a gay family and the mom in the story was nicely over the top. It was also cool to see how understanding the parents are in the film, however, the story line otherwise was pretty weak in terms of the relationship between the two guys and other people. It's clearly designed to be a comedy and more or less accomplishes that but the biggest character arcs and developments are for the parents.

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Jennifer

A good B film

Reviewed in Canada on April 19, 2016

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A good B film .....if it wasn't a movie that John Lloyd Young was in probably wouldnt have gotten it but does have its funny moments with Saul Rubinek in it.

Frank

One Star

Reviewed in Canada on February 16, 2018

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"disappointed" is the best I can say about this