ComedyDramaRomance

Jeffrey

- Love is an adventure when one of you is sure... and the other is positive.

Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect himself. As fate would have it, shortly after his declaration of a sex-free existence, he meets the handsome Steve Howard, his dream man -- except for his HIV-positive status. Facing this dilemma, Jeffrey turns to his best friend and an outrageous priest for guidance.

Release Date : 1995-08-18

Language :EnglishFrench

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : The Booking OfficeWorkin' Man Films

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Jeffrey

Original Name : Steven Weber

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sterling

Original Name : Patrick Stewart

Gender : Male

Character Name : Steve Howard

Original Name : Michael T. Weiss

Gender : Male

Character Name : Darius

Original Name : Bryan Batt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Father Dan

Original Name : Nathan Lane

Gender : Male

Character Name : Debra Moorhouse

Original Name : Sigourney Weaver

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Marcangelo

Original Name : Olympia Dukakis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Skip Winkley

Original Name : Robert Klein

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ann Marwood Bartle

Original Name : Christine Baranski

Gender : Female

Character Name : Acolyte

Original Name : Kathy Najimy

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mom

Original Name : Debra Monk

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dad

Original Name : Peter Maloney

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sharon

Original Name : J. Smith-Cameron

Gender : Female

Character Name : Barney's Waiter

Original Name : K. Todd Freeman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tim

Original Name : Victor Garber

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dave

Original Name : Ethan Phillips

Gender : Male

Character Name : Single Woman

Original Name : Camryn Manheim

Gender : Female

Character Name : Grandma Rose

Original Name : Alice Drummond

Gender : Female

Character Name : Man #1

Original Name : Peter Jacobson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man #3

Original Name : David Thornton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mother Teresa

Original Name : Irma St. Paule

Gender : Female

Character Name : Movie Theater Guy

Original Name : Jeff Ross

Gender : Male

Character Name : Movie Theater Guy

Original Name : Joe Dain

Gender : Male

Character Name : Waiter / Actor / Policeman

Original Name : Patrick Kerr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Casting Director

Original Name : Peter Bartlett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Boss

Original Name : John Seidman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Elderly Man

Original Name : Barton Heyman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Homeboy

Original Name : Darryl Theirse

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thug #1

Original Name : Lou Sumrall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thug #2

Original Name : Robert Capelli Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thug #3

Original Name : Vince Cupone

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman in the Window

Original Name : Nancy Ticotin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Angelique

Original Name : Gregory Jbara

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aunt Phyllis

Original Name : Marylouise Burke

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Sarah Peterson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Uncle Barney

Original Name : Joe Ponazecki

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cousin Gary

Original Name : Henry Stram

Gender : Male

Character Name : TV Reporter

Original Name : Kevin Nealon

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2025-04-16

I kept expecting Sir Ian McKellen to pop up here to compliment the entertainingly camp contribution from his best pal Patrick Stewart in this otherwise rather unremarkable story. It’s all about “Jeffrey” (Steven Weber) who is one of those actors-cum-waiters who merrily enjoys the fruits of his New York existence until the arrival of AIDS turn him into a sexually neurotic monk. No more nookie for him, it’s all about his career - and, yep, that just frustrates the poor man. Things aren’t exactly helped by his flamboyant pal “Sterling” (Stewart) who has a much younger and HIV+ boyfriend “Darius” (Bryan Batt) who keeps telling him that he needs to get laid more. Then he bumps into “Steve” (Michael T. Weiss) and they take to each other. Snag? Well it turns out that “Steve” is also positive and so “Jeffrey” is now faced with quite a dilemma. On the plus side, this drama does showcase the extent to which many gay people donned a psychological, if not actually a physical, suit of armour when the AIDS epidemic struck. Terrified of the consequences of their previous license and/or determined never to take risks again - however that “risk” might be defined or apply, practically, to their life and lifestyle. On that front, Weber does OK and at times the whole thing comes across quite touchingly, but sadly there’s too much emphasis on the stereotypes and the writing takes refuge all too often in the realms of that kind of gay comedy that Armistead Maupin might have written on a bad day. It’s all a question of living life to the full or living in fear, but somehow any semblance of sensible and responsible compromise is not on the agenda here and so it all rather falls between a predictable set of tram lines. It has it’s moments, but in the end it’s just so-so.