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Gray Matters (2007)

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Reviews Counted:63

Fresh:5

Rotten:58

Average Rating:3.8/10

Consensus: The rapid fire dialogue and witticisms comes off only as a contrived gimmick.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for some mature thematic material, sexual content and language

Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Feb 23, 2007 Limited

Synopsis: Gray (Heather Graham) and Sam (Thomas Cavanagh) are inseparable. They live together, take ballroom dancing classes, and jog in the park together. They'd make a very attractive couple were it not... Gray (Heather Graham) and Sam (Thomas Cavanagh) are inseparable. They live together, take ballroom dancing classes, and jog in the park together. They'd make a very attractive couple were it not for the fact that they're brother and sister. In a bright and beautiful version of Manhattan, where every day appears to be kissed with spring sunshine, Gray keeps herself busy hanging with Sam, working for an advertising agency, and attending kooky sessions with her flaky therapist, Sydney (Sissy Spacek). All is well, until brother Sam up and falls in love with the gorgeous zoologist, Charlie (Bridget Moynahan). Gray is happy for him, but panicked about how it will affect their relationship--particularly after Sam announces that he and Charlie are getting married. Gray does her best to cope and be supportive, but things take an unexpected turn when she suddenly finds herself sharing a drunken, passionate kiss with Charlie the night before the wedding. The next day, Charlie doesn't even recall their embrace. But the kiss has opened up a whole new world for Gray... GRAY MATTERS is an ultra-light look at homosexuality and the challenges of coming out late in life. Graham's cutely neurotic Gray comes off as a sort of lesbian Lucille Ball--silly, and without much substance. However, it is perhaps a positive sign for the gay rights movement that they now even have their own powder-puff rom-coms--the kind that seem ready-made for teen slumber parties. Alan Cumming and Molly Shannon lend a bit of comedic spark with their turns as Gray's supportive, outspoken pals. [More]

Starring: Heather Graham, Tom Cavanagh, Saffron Burrows, Sissy Spacek

Starring: Heather Graham, Tom Cavanagh, Saffron Burrows, Sissy Spacek, Alan Cumming, Molly Shannon, Rachel Shelley, Gloria Gaynor, Bridget Moynahan

Director: Sue Kramer

Director: Sue Kramer
Producer: Jill Footlick
Composer: Andrew Hollander
Studio: Yari Film Group

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This "Gray" could have used more color.

Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star | comment Comment
03/07/07
Phil Villarreal
Phil Villarreal
Arizona Daily Star

It's so awful that it enters that weird realm in which it becomes actively annoying. The moviegoer sits there, hoping the characters will be tortured and die horrible deaths.

Full Review Source: Arizona Republic | comment Comment
03/08/07
Randy Cordova
Randy Cordova
Arizona Republic
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Sitcommy, forced and forgettable.

Full Review Source: Associated Press | comment Comment
02/21/07
Christy Lemire
Christy Lemire
Associated Press
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Attempts to do Woody Allen by way of Nora Ephron, but romantic comedies in that vein are only as good as their banter, and Gray Matters' banter is conspicuously sub-par.

Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
03/03/07
Scott Tobias
Scott Tobias
AV Club

Is she or isn't she? Only her screenwriter knows for sure.

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
02/26/07
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

The movie’s light, airy tone comes to a screeching halt in certain scenes that are excessively sentimental, melodramatic and preachy.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
02/25/07
Annlee Ellingson
Annlee Ellingson
Boxoffice Magazine

While the light and whimsical comic timing of the leads carry the film far, even they cannot blind us to Gray Matters' many shortcomings.

Full Review Source: BrandonFibbs.com | comment Comment
02/28/08
Brandon Fibbs
Brandon Fibbs
BrandonFibbs.com

Unacceptable.

Full Review Source: Can Magazine | comment Comment
02/23/07
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
Can Magazine

Graham carries this for a while, but Kramer spends entirely too much time weakly satirizing Graham's job at an advertising agency, where Molly Shannon's a kvetching coworker.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
12/03/07
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader

Nearly every scene of this movie rings hollow, mainly because we can never really believe that what we're seeing up on the screen could truly happen.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
03/09/07
Bill Zwecker
Bill Zwecker
Chicago Sun-Times

In its genre writer-director Sue Kramer's film sets a new record for bright shining peepers and dimply smirks. It's enough to kill Buster Keaton's entire family.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
06/30/07
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
Chicago Tribune
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[Heather Graham] needs something to counteract her wholesomeness. In Gray Matters -- her name is Gray, get it? -- what you see is what you get. The fact that her character 'discovers' she is gay is as unbelievable as it is contrived.

Full Review Source: Christian Science Monitor | comment Comment
03/01/07
Peter Rainer
Peter Rainer
Christian Science Monitor

What matters here is Kramer's unrealizable determination to be original with a romantic comedy two-fer.

Full Review Source: Cinema Signals | comment Comment
02/20/07
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

Never have I ever wanted to climb into the screen and kill every single character as much as I did with this movie.

Full Review Source: ComingSoon.net | comment Comment
02/22/07
Edward Douglas
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net

Forgettable coming-out comedy for older teens.

Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
11/01/07
Sandie Angulo Chen
Sandie Angulo Chen
Common Sense Media

There is, one has to assume, a pretty good old-fashioned screwball comedy in all this, but director-writer Sue Kramer seems to have grown up watching Rhoda so Graham, usually a capable actress, has not a word of actual dialogue, only gag lines.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
03/09/07
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press
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One of those completely disposable and clumsy attempts to make a gay romantic comedy that constantly slips on its own good intentions.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
03/08/07
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News

This movie is dopey.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
03/05/07
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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I can’t recommend it for gay audiences, the presumed target demographic, because they are likely to find it innocuous at best and downright insulting at worst.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
03/10/07
Peter Sobczynski
Peter Sobczynski
eFilmCritic.com

Some unlikely scenes but it kept me entertained enough to make it enjoyable.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Spectrum | comment Comment
03/06/07
Vince Koehler
Vince Koehler
Entertainment Spectrum
 
 
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