The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000)
Directed by Greg Berlanti
A close-knit group of gay friends share the emotional roller coster of life, relationships, the death of friends, new beginnings, jealousy, fatherhood and professional success. At various stages of life's disarray, these young men share humorous and tragic relationships and always have each other to rely on.
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But whereas his feature debut, the West Hollywood-set The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000), felt a bit facile in its light-hearted take on contemporary gay life, the steadfast sunniness of Berlanti’s new film registers as deeply purposeful.
His indie comedy The Broken Hearts Club was notable at the time (2000) for NOT being about Important Issues, with gay characters just living their lives at a time when most cinematic gays were dying of AIDS or marching in protests.
His film career has been eminently forgettable up to this point; his gay-themed debut The Broken Hearts Club looked dated even back in 2000.
Director Berlanti has limited film experience (“Life as We Know It,” “The Broken Hearts Club“) in comparison to his deep TV résumé that includes all the DC Comics shows on The CW, as well as “Riverdale,” “Blindspot” and “Brothers and Sisters.”
The movie was directed by Greg Berlanti, whose previous credits include The Broken Hearts Club and Life as We Know It.
It’s a feeling of connection that Berlanti (an openly gay man who made the wonderful queer dramedy The Broken Hearts Club in 2000) translates with real empathy.