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Wednesday, March 19th, 2025 5:35 AM

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Why was my review declined?

I have written nearly 400 reviews. Some get declined for reasons I don't understand. However, I am happy to make changes if I can understand what the issue is. The review for "Bros" was declined. This is the receipt: #250317-114623-050421 It is true that I did not like this film, but what specifically was the issue? I did use the words "homophobic" or "homophobe"--which are the same words that the writer/lead actor Billy Eichner used in regards to people not liking the film. I am neither. So, could someone advise what the issue is, and I will address it and update the review. Thank you. (Review below) "Reprehensible" I very rarely turn off a movie. But this one made me so angry and so upset that I couldn't watch it anymore. I got as far as the scene where Bobby (Billy Eichner) and Aaron Luke MacFarlane) go back to Aaron's apartment and duke it out before a hot sex session. In the background they had the nerve to play the classic "When I Fall in Love" by Nat King Cole. No doubt that Billy Eichner thought this would be hysterically funny. It wasn't. But all the people who love that song do not deserve to have it desecrated by this horrible, horrible movie. I'm gay. I've seen and done it all. This was not a "gay romcom." This was an endless whine-fest. There were a few moments of humor in this film, the funniest one being when a guest at the big soiree turned to Aaron and said, "Who did your chin?" Best line in the film. And Deborah Messing's cameo was also very well done. But then, she has talent, and she knows how to bring it. Billy portrays Bobby as the most irritating, obnoxious, self-hating, loathsome type of gay person in the world. Why anyone green-lit this fiasco is beyond my comprehension. Billy got this huge opportunity and he wasted it insulting everyone that he doesn't like. He said, "How could (a gay person like) you like Garth Brooks?" Huh? Now gay people cannot like Garth Brooks? I don't even understand what he's trying to say. The group of other gay people that he has gathered on his team at his museum is a cross-section of stereotypes. I really felt bad for Dot-Marie Jones because she has a lot of talent and she's funny, and she too was reduced to a caricature. We have this 40-something man living in a nice apartment in what looks like a doorman building in New York. He has his own podcast which I guess is wildly popular, although I can't imagine anyone on earth listening to it. He said he had a "romantic single life." What does that even mean? For Billy Eichner to say that people who didn't like this movie were homophobic or homophobes is cruel and hateful. They didn't like it because it's awful. Period, the end.

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Hi Tatami53- Thank you for posting the submission reference number! Fruther reviewing, this was a processing error which has been reported. I encourage you to resubmit it and once you do, you can post the 18-digit re-submission reference number here so that our staff can catch it. Cheers!

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Maya, thank you so much; I really appreciate it. Here is the new reference number: #250320-011214-777721 I hope this one will be approved. Thank you!

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Hi Tatami53 - Your User Review has now been approved. Cheers!

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Hello Michelle. Thank you very, very much. The behind-the-scenes people at IMDB are awesome. Thank you!

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Tatami53 - You're very welcome!