With all the hateful invective these characters hurl at each other at times, it's hard to understand why they're even friends, not to mention lovers. Still, the moments that are touching, and there are some, are the ones that explicitly deal with how gay men of the time dealt with savage, inevitable oncoming deaths of their friends and themselves from AIDS.

Doesn't really step away from the (very good) play it's based on, so it feels stagy. Some really nice moments and hot Randy Becker nudity don't take away the bummer of it all.