"Is it Just Me?" is a question probably 9 out of 10 gay men ask themselves at one time or another, so the title immediately speaks to a lot of us. The film doesn't try to be anything more than what it is: an entertaining, 90 minute, feel good, date film. What's most remarkable here is the film steers clear of the worst of the gay cinema clichés. Yes, one of the characters is a go-go boy and there is an older gay man whose character adopts some stereotypically effeminate attributes, but the two principals are very much "regular guys." Also remarkably, the film succeeds with four very likable main characters and no real villain. The protagonist is the mistaken identity element. Now, some will say our hero could have resolved the confusion sooner, but if we accept that he suffers from a chronic case of low self esteem the plot is entirely credible. "Is it Just Me?" suffers the usual problems of a rushed (12-day shoot), low budget affair. It's overly talky. The two principals could have had more screen time alone with their thoughts and emotions. This would have eliminated the need for some of the cringy, "After School Special" dialogue, but this isn't a deal breaker. The real test of one of these films is: do you want to see more of these characters when the final scene fades to black? And I'd love to see a sequel, 10 years later.

This movie is so predictable, so corny and so stereotypical, i had to play a game of cards along with it to watch it. It is of such unoriginality it's practically unbearable. I don't understand why they even bothered to make this movie. It's never really funny, clever or sexy. It was like a bad and bizarre mix-up of "friends", any shitty romcom, broke back mountain, 'as good as it gets' and i don't know what else. Just really really bad. Sorry guys, but this was such a disappointment. Why i did give it two stars was the only more or less credible acting job by David Loren, the only charming role in this movie. I'm sure Bruce Gray can do a better job, but not in this movie with this script, poor chap. Just to give you a clue, it's worse than ' The Ugly Truth' or 'little black book', yes!!, and maybe not as unbelievably bad as 'the hottie and the nottie', but..close.

Gay and handsomely average Blaine (Nicholas Downs) can't even get a date while his hunky roommate Cameron (Adam Huss) has no problem. Then he meets handsome hunky Xander (David Loren) online. They get along but Blaine mistakingly sends Cameron's picture out to Xander instead of his own. He realizes the mistake but instead of immediately telling Xander he asks Cameron to play him. Tiresome "hilarity" commences.I don't want to bash this low-budget gay romance/comedy/drama but I really didn't like it. It wasn't funny at all (I didn't even smile once), the romance didn't work (there was zero sexual chemistry between the actors) and the drama fell flat. There was some nice messages in it about being yourself and going out there and meet people but they were lost. Also the dialogue was pretty poor and the plot could have been resolved easily--but people are constantly doing and saying stupid things. It was far too predictable.The acting does help a little. Downs was charming and convincing as Blaine. The trouble was I had a hard time believing he had trouble getting a date. He's actually a very good-looking guy! He's better looking than Adam Huss who overacts terribly and got on my nerves a lot. However he DOES have a nice body. Loren was incredibly handsome, charming and hunky as Xander. He definitely made the film worth watching. Michelle Laurent was annoying as the obligatory str8 girlfriend of Blaine and Bruce Gray was downright intolerable as Ernie. If you're thinking of watching it for sex or nudity forget it. The closest they get to nudity is Huss in tight shorts and there's no sex at all. The couple of kissing scenes we get are obviously NOT being enjoyed by the actors.So this is worth maybe one viewing for the hot guys and pretty good acting by Downs and Loren...but that's it. I can truthfully only give this a 2.

I won't repeat the details, which have been provided by other reviewers.It's far too easy and common to dismiss gay films as stereotypical depictions of gay characters and their relations to one another. That's like criticizing Cary Grant's romantic characters as stereotypically heterosexualThe film is populated by gay men who can be found in droves in real life, and the situations are not at all uncommon.Men like Blaine can be romantic, shy, sweet, put off by men who are too aggressive or fearful of rejection.The Camerons of the gay milieu are the opposite: full of themselves, firm in the belief they can "have" anyone and/or sexual athletes.Xander typifies the middle ground. Nevertheless, most men have a combination of attributes and are hard to pigeonhole. I was struck by the first scene in the coffee shop. Blaine is dismissed rudely by the gay man behind the counter. Yet, when Xander asks for the same beverage, because of his looks, the server is effusively friendly and gives him free coffee.I've witnessed or heard of many similar incidents, when waiters, salesmen and others have been neglectful, abrasive or dismissive of customers who don't meet their standards of male pulchritude.I'm not a big fan of gay cinema, but I enjoyed "Is It Just Me?" It's well acted and directed. Good music, too