Quartile rating: 7/10 · 1 rating
Two gay men are possibly, probably, stumbling towards love. Maybe. They're both very busy.
Bros earns genuine Novelty marks as the first major studio rom-com centered on a gay romance, written by and starring Billy Eichner, with a sharp, self-aware wit about LGBTQ+ culture and the genre's tropes. The acting is solid, particularly Eichner's frenetic energy and Luke Macfarlane's disarming charm, though neither performance is transformative. The plot follows familiar rom-com beats — two commitment-phobic people orbit each other before realizing they're in love — elevated somewhat by its cultural specificity and meta-commentary. Cinematography is workmanlike and unremarkable, befitting a mid-budget studio comedy. The ending settles comfortably into genre convention, satisfying but not surprising.