Kiss Me, Guido MPAA Rating: R Entertainment: +1 1/2 Content: -3

Frankie (Nick Scotti) discovers his brother having sex with Frankie's wife and since they all live together in Mama and Papa's house in The Bronx, he suddenly finds himself answering an ad for a GWM roommate. With his macho Italian background, this naive young man assumes that means "Guy With Money." Not until he has moved in with Warren does he discover GWM stands for Gay White Male and we learn "Guido" is slang for "straight." Warren has recently broken up with his gay lover and cannot afford to pay the rent on his upscale apartment. The only interest Frankie and Warren share is their love of the stage. Warren dabbles in acting and has some friends in the field, and Frankie sees this as an opportunity to fulfill his lifelong dream. The film offers the gay community one hilarious scene after another as Frankie interacts with Warren and his close circle of friends and former lovers. For the rest of us, the humor will fall flat.

After Frankie agrees to act in a homosexual play, he refuses to kiss his co-star while rehearsing. However, on opening night Frankie plays the part to the hilt, earning the respect of his new friends. One of Frankie's Bronx buddies falls madly in love with a cross-dresser, thinking he's really a she. When Warren realizes Frankie is straight, he swears he will not live with a breeder, and his friend declares, "Oh, it's just a phase he's going through." This is just another propaganda film to present the homosexual lifestyle as misunderstood by heterosexuals, and the heterosexuals as fools. A sexually starved landlady, a womanizing brother with the morals of a tomcat, and temperamental, effeminate gay men create an atmosphere filled with explicit "gay" jokes, obscenities and crude conversations. KISS ME, GUIDO should have gone directly to video instead of subjecting the general public to such trash.

Preview Reviewer: Mary Draughon
Distributor: Paramount Pictures, 35 Columbus Circle, NY, NY 10023-7780