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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5014138282127
Format: PAL
Number Of Discs: 1
Region Code: 2
Theatrical Release Date: August 18, 1995
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential video:
Surprisingly lighthearted and witty, Paul Rudnick's Jeffrey (based on his off-Broadway play) was one of the first films to tackle the AIDS crisis without patting itself on the back or offering everything up in a sobering movie-of-the-week scenario. The titular Jeffrey (Steven Weber) is a happy-go-lucky gay man who suddenly comes face to face with the fact that AIDS has turned sex into something 'radioactive.' Paranoid in the extreme, he vows to become celibate--at just about the same time that hunky Steve (The Pretender's Michael T. Weiss) saunters into his life, eyes twinkling and hormones raging. The only problem is that Steve, for all his muscles and charm, is HIV-positive, thus setting Jeffrey's deepest fears into motion. When it was written in 1995, Jeffrey struck a nerve in mining the fear that a number of gay men felt during the height of the AIDS crisis. Even just a few years later, though, Jeffrey's paranoia (what, he's never heard of condoms?) seems dated, and his behavior more self-damaging than self-aware--basically, he needs a slap upside the head as opposed to therapy. Still, Rudnick (who went on to pen the more mainstream In and Out) is never one to pass up a witty one-liner or an opportunity to poke fun at anyone, and Jeffrey now stands as a hilarious, sometimes poignant portrait of gay single life and the perils of dating in a paranoid time. Weber's Jeffrey is simultaneously open to the possibilities of life and fearful to embrace them, and Weiss is, well... gorgeous and funny and sexy beyond belief. Still, it's Patrick Stewart, as Jeffrey's interior decorator best friend, who effortlessly steals the film with his cutting wit; in his mouth, Rudnick's lines are priceless gems. With a host of amazing cameos, including Sigourney Weaver as a conceited New Age maven, Kathy Najimy as her sad-sack follower, Christine Baranski as a high-society hostess for a roundup-themed charity dinner, and a top-form Nathan Lane as a gay priest who seems to have discovered the meaning of life--literally. --Mark Englehart
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - "Ta-da! That's it! Case closed."
Few people can write one-liners as Paul Rudnick can, and the best thing about this independent 1995 feature is that he wrote wonderful lines for Patrick Stewart and Sigourney Weaver that allowed these two superb actors some of the funniest lines they've ever had a chance to say on screen. Stewart plays the titular protagonist's best friend, a very stylish and very cutting Manhattan interior decorator; Weaver, in an absolutely inspired manic turn, is a high-energy New Age self-help guru who can barely ... Read More
Rating: - Well intentioned, but too whiny
A gay man (Stephen Webber) swears off love because he is afraid of AIDS despite a powerful attraction to a man (Michael T. Weiss) he meets at his health club. "Jeffrey" started out as a play and it shows: characters make speeches directly to the camera and it is filled with generally amusing little vignettes that probably work well in a theater revue but don't build a cohesive film narrative. The characters seem to be delivering monologues to each other rather than having conversations.
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Rating:  - JEFFREY
Dull, boring, crude and irreverent. If this so called musical was
about heterosexuals, it would be just as bad. Although Patrick Stewart
put forth a good performance, it was sad to see him in such a poorly done
film. The story line could have been solid if done in a more realistic
and honest fashion, but it was definately not the best idea for a
musical comedy. Crude humor greatly reduced what little value the
over all story had.
Rating:  - Satisfactorily Exceptional
This DVD came still in it's original seal. The contents were not labeled on the outside for consumers protection. The movie is just as good as if it had been purchased in a high end retail store, with the added convenience of shopping from home and delivered to me. I noticed someone gave it a fantacy "tag." I do not agree, the movie's story line, while it may be someones fantacy, it should not have to be only that. It can be reality! It is a reality in some parts of western Europe.
Rating: - Amazingly good!
Some of us remember what it was like "coming of age" in the mid 1980s when everyone was terrified of HIV/AIDS, and coming to terms with whether we were going to let our fear ruin our enjoyment of sex and intimacy was not a small thing. This was the first movie I ever saw that acknowledged this, and managed to laugh a loud, hearty laugh.
Steven Weber is a gay man who is tired of having sex ruined by "safe". He loves sex, but all of the preparations have spoiled the enjoyment and ... Read More
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