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The Love Patient

A handsome and self-centered ad executive pretends he has life-threatening cancer to win back the love of his ex.

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Release : 2011
Rating : 5
Studio : TLA Releasing, 
Crew : Director,  Editor, 
Cast : John Werskey Mike Pfaff Andrew Miller Hunter G. Williams Anabelle D. Munro
Genre : Drama Comedy Romance

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Reviews

Karry
2021/05/13

Best movie of this year hands down!

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FuzzyTagz
2018/08/30

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

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Kaydan Christian
2018/08/30

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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Deanna
2018/08/30

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

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hddu10
2017/10/07

...without the humor. Like every episode of Seinfeld, "The Love Patient" is unfortunately derivative of the very Jewish, campy genre of "protagonist lies to get his way, then spends the rest of the episode/story covering it up, despite a series of "close calls" until it just all falls apart at the end...but really doesn't, because it all works out". Oy...for this we wasted 90 minutes? Feh! Benjamin Lutz, is completely incapable of carrying-off a lead role, but the director is hoping that his many close-ups and ridiculous cutesy poses with the other hotter guys will distract the viewers from this painful reality. This is the kind of bad/bordering on embarrassing film that keeps the gay genre relegated to local film festivals.

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johnsimpsonbooks
2012/02/02

This movie had been recommended by friends for me to watch and so I rented it from Amazon.com.I found it to be a funny, entertaining, and fast moving story filled with good looking actors who know their craft. Everyone played their parts to near perfection. I loved the two main characters who were lovers, broke up and one comes up with a crazy plan to get his X, the hot looking Brad, back. While an eyebrow may rise once in a while, it is pure joy to behold. It is a good deal better than many indie produced gay movies that I've seen in the past. I urge you to view the movie and make up your own mind instead of buying the bile that has been puked forward by some on this review page.

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alassenamos
2011/07/29

"The Love Patient"WonderfulAmos LassenI just read two of the scathing reviews posted here about this film and I am convinced that the reviewers and I did not see the same film. If we did, they obviously were not watching.I can't think of too many films that I love from the moment I begin watching but I must say that Michael Simon's "The Love Patient" had me from the moment it began. Everything about it is very professional and the actors are beautiful to look at. Romantic comedy can be a very tricky genre since the film industry has been so filled with them. Finding something new cannot be too easy and balancing romance with comedy can be somewhat hard to do. Michael Simon does it and does it with style. How often does one watch a film with a smile on his face all the way through? I was very lucky that no one dropped in because I grinned all the way through the film.The story is simple. Paul (Benjamin Lutz) is an advertising executive who lost his boyfriend, Brad (John Werskey who is very easy on the eyes) when he dumped him and Paul has never gotten over this. Brad moved on and is dating Ted (Jackson Palmer) and he understands that what was is over. Paul, on the other hand, cannot get over the loss of Brad and it is even more difficult in that they work at the same place. Paul comes up with a scheme to get Brad back– he stages his own cancer diagnosis and he thinks that Brad will come back to him out of sympathy. But then Paul's whole mispoocha (family—mother, father and sister) move into his house so they will be there to nurse him through his chemo treatments. Stephanie, Paul's very rich sister, suspects something is not kosher and the fun begins. The scene with the family eating dinner on a Friday evening won me over totally. Mother Esther lights the Sabbath candles and Paul says, "Enough with the Judaism". I laughed uncontrollably but there is something very serious here– how we turn to religion when we need something… like a cure for cancer.I love, love, love this movie and the mixture of grief (from cancer), love, laughs and fun is absolutely wonderful. The characters are outrageous but believable. The acting is fine with just the right amount of kitsch; the cinematography is beautiful and Simon's direction is excellent. The film premieres at Philadelphia's QFest this summer so if you are around, make sure you see it or you will have to wait for a DVD release and as far as I know there is no information on that. Werskey and Lutz are also in another film on the festival circuit this summer, "Bite Marks" which I also recently reviewed. The two films are totally different in every aspect and we are very lucky when we get a GOOD gay romantic comedy as they are few and far between. So I ask myself, what happens when you put good looking men together with a literate plot, excellent direction and fine acting? You get a hit and that is exactly what "The Love Patient" is.I just find it strange that the other reviewers chose to nitpick rather than sit back and enjoy the film. I find it sad when people take out their frustrations by panning something that others like. I see no point to it and it is just not fair.

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skydvr38
2011/07/25

A previous reviewer must be somehow related to this film. I saw this at Qfest in Philadelphia. The entire movie cast and crew were in attendance. As people left midway, I wonder what they thought seeing the mass exodus. In any event, Philadelphia Film Festival (QFEST) has a reputation if they can get cast members to come to the event (and go to a festival party afterwards)they are almost guaranteed a prime spot on the schedule (opening night or a Saturday night) and/or a rave review by the committee.As a previous reviewer said, it makes me wonder why I attend the film festival anymore.A comedy about cancer might be 'The Big C' on Showtime where Laura Linney can break your heart and have you laughing at the same time. Its a fine line watching characters live in fear and hope and be surrounded by well meaning but quirky people in their life. Therein lies the humor. This is not the case here.Poorly contrived, it is a non-humorous attempt to portray a character so desperate to get his ex-lover back that he strikes a deal with his doctor to fake chemotherapy. Yup, he even shaves his head when friends and family don't feel he is showing any effects. Over the top acting, feels very amatueristic. Rushed ending and strangely apologetic, the writer and director seem to understand they are on blasphemous ground and throw in some penance for the main character to perform.Sadly, all works out well, so the ends (getting the lover back) justfies the means. Not even a gratuitous butt scene can salvage this mess.I suggest the writers and directors visit a cancer ward and let them laugh it up because there isn't laughs in this tired, pathetic film.

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