Things Like This

5/22/2025

Gay romantic comedies are a relatively new movie genre, and they’re still finding their footing, with some doing the job better than others. On balance, they’re steadily improving for the most part, but some offerings still need work. Such is the case with the debut feature from actor-writer-director Max Talisman, a film that definitely has aspects in its favor but others that could use some tweaking. In a nutshell, this romantic comedy tells the story of two men named Zack, one lovelorn (Talisman) and the other trapped in an unsatisfying relationship (Joey Pollari), who meet and fall for one another. However, their romance follows a well-worn, underwhelming, occasionally sappy romcom narrative formula that’s anything but original (regardless of the sexual orientation of the romantic leads