Grey's Actor Jake Borelli to Lead Gay-Themed Valentine's Movie at Freeform

Is it worse to be the sexless best friend, the serial killer, or the Hallmark holiday movie damsel?

At least, we can assume that they won't find love only to have one of them die of AIDS, a gay bashing, or OD.

Well, I'll watch it.

This is Niko Tero:

r1, that's progress.

I have no idea who either of these guys are, but the on in OP's picture has a great smile.

Short teaser

Why would Borelli's character have a 50 year old roommate, Mr. Paige?

Special message

They made sure to cast an actor who was actually gay as the lead, I give them credit for that. It's often not the case for these movies.

First clip

It looks really cute!

Peter Paige? Deal breaker and a boner killer.

Promo

Thanks, OP. I’ll be on the lookout for this.

He's a cutie

Another sneak peek

I would respect it more if, instead of "The Thing about Harry," it was entitled "Harry's Thing."

Yet another clip

Watch it tomorrow y’all

Acronym users are sellouts. Pass.

I'd date Jake in a heartbeat

Thanks, R18.

A.V. Club Interview

He's super cute! Been a while since I've seen a new face worth remembering.

You don't see a lot of young actors rock facial hair, so I admire him!

Such a cute movie. Predictable as hell but loved it. Was surprised about all the time jumps though, especially at the end.

For anyone who didn't watch it, it should be up on Hulu by tomorrow but it's also up on Freeform's site (with cable provider)

[quote] Queer Eye‘s Karamo Brown will co-star as Paul, a gay man who is both “exceedingly well put-together”

Hilarious. By “well put-together” they mean dressed, not his body. I just saw the movie, it was actually pretty good. (and Karamo was just a 1 minute cameo).

I'm actually glad Karamo only had a short scene. I actually laughed out loud when they said that he was dating Sam. Luckily they broke up pretty quickly.

Funny.

Nah, I'm good.

It’s great

Watching it now

He's cute but I have to admit I'm not very interested unless there's nudity. I might check it out, but my expectations are very low. How kitschy is it, on a scale of Lifetime to Hallmark?

Nudity? Uh no dude. This is not porn

The fact that Karamo was asked to do this already tells you the quality of the production.

It was okay. The ending was cliched

I thought it was cute, Niko has a great smile, it wasn't any sappier than the average fare on Hallmark.

I’m into Niko

so Peter Paige played Jake's roommate?

that's like 41 year old Amy Poehler playing surrogate baby mama for Tina Fey's character

I'm kind of glad that there are basically no gay rom-coms outside of this and that shitty movie Love, Simon (based on a book written by a straight woman with a fan base of nothing but fag hags, of course). It's very reflective of who we are as a community, but in a good way. It shows that we're above all this kitschy, saccharine schlock.

I read that Niko is gay, too.

Not much is known about Niko since he's an unknown in Hollywood. This was his first acting job.

Karamo...stick to reality TV

[quote]so Peter Paige played Jake's roommate?

I’m surprised he only played the roommate and not the love interest. He produced it so he should have cast himself as Harry.

I just watched Grey's and the hot Asian doctor who initially thought Glasses wasn't gay enough or out enough for him just said his parents don't know HE's gay.

Man, they run out of stories FAST.

Didn't Nico make a big deal about how Levi wasn't open and out with his mom?

Yes; he's hot so he'll be forgiven.

I guess we've come a long way. When I was a young young gayling we only had Steven Carrington -- and he kept sleeping with Claudia and Sammy Jo.

Just watched it tonight, pretty sweet although Sam's prickish behavior about 3/4 of the way in was a little unpleasant. Very nice final scene.

It's streaming on Hulu, no subscription to freeform necessary.

Still all smiles a week later

"The Thing About Harry" Cast Finds Out Which Characters They Really Are

Behind the scenes

To be fair, the ending was just as ridiculous as every straight romcom, so there's that.

One day they’ll start making good tv gay rom coms. Today isn’t the day.

Fodder for morons....I would be EMBARRASSED to watch this with a straight male friend. The end scene with the baby was too laugh out loud ridiculous.

It’s “When Harry Met Sally” if BIlly Crystal had slept with Carrie Fisher in the third act.

I enjoyed it enough. Two attractive leads - neither of whom were generic looking - and they actually had great chemistry.

I liked it too

Judging by the massive outpouring of social media love for it and the ratings, I think Freeform is going to be doing a lot more inclusive movies. They're still tweeting about the movie.

They're still tweeting because it just moved from Freeform subscription needed on Hulu, to no subscription needed...

It's a successful and cute romcom. I mean it isn't trying to reinvent any cinematic wheels, but it is a well executed gay version of the genre. Happy it was made. Though it could have cut before the final scene of them with a baby, that felt unnecessary.

[Quote]I would be EMBARRASSED to watch this with a straight male friend.

Man, you don't come across as desperate for validation from straight guys at all r56.

Anyway, it is a romcom. Duh. What exactly do you expect?

This is the first time I’ve seen Jake Borelli in anything and I’ll admit I am smitten. Niko Terho was great too. They kept me interested until the end.

You should watch season 15 and 16 of Grey's Anatomy R63

i don't know anythijng about Harry's thing, but "Harry" is one hot man!

Jake may likely stay on Grey's for the run of the series, which could be for years and years.

He'll land another series after that; first, if he's young enough, as a gay Mary Richards type character on a sitcom.

Then he'll do a streaming series as a lead.

THEN, he'll come back to broadcast as the gay best friend.

Thanks r64. I am currently fast forwarding episodes of S15 on Netflix. The show itself is awful, but Jake is adorable.

I just watched it. Total fantasy and predictable as hell but I really, really enjoyed it, every minute of it. The two leads were adorable.

This movie is the wet dream of fem Dataloungers who scorn masculinity on here while chasing masculine gay/bi dudes who would never date them in real life. It figures it was written by a real Datalounger who even wrote himself as an unbelievable roommate of a 20something college kid.

Love Simon is a very good teen gay flick that has more going on than this trite. Of course you hate it, because unlike this shit fest, the protagonist isn't a walking gay stereotype. This film would feel more legitimate if it were about two masculine guys falling in love or even two fems falling in love. This is the gay version of every Judd Apatow show where inept annoying geeks get the hot girl. Truly embarrassing.

Why must all these gay films have stereotypical effeminate annoying leads? Let's not forget the oversexualized fag hag who never shuts up. My God this shit feels like it was written in 1992. At least Love Simon was paying tribute to John Hughes and trying to make a gay version of his films.

I was attracted more to the “effeminate annoying lead” in this one.

Actually I didn’t find him effeminate or annoying. Jake Borelli is adorable!

[Quote]Why must all these gay films have stereotypical effeminate annoying leads?

When you literally spent half your post talking a movie, Love Simom, that didn't have an effeminate lead....

Going through recent gay movies you have Simom, Gods Own Country, Call Me By Your Name, Beach Rats, Moonlight. Yes, it seems like it is just impossible to find a gay movie that doesn't have an effeminate lead!

[Quote]This is the gay version of every Judd Apatow show where inept annoying geeks get the hot girl.

So it's a romcom, and it follows the standard tropes of the genre?

That's not allowed r70, you have to be very triggered by anyone that reads as gay. R69 demands it.

The annoying lead is a gay Woody Allen. He whines, complains, whines some more and acts like an insecure 12 year old girl. Do you find this attractive? To each his own.

You're projecting R73

100 percent, r73.