it be a shame that i could not give this movie a much high rating . the acting be great . kevin bacon play dennis and a struggle actor in l. a. who return home for his friend ray ( ken olin ) wedding . bacon do a terrific job play someone who be superficially cheerful and hide his insecurity and loneliness . the other actor and actress be also very good . joe mantegna play al and an extroverted person and who isn not afraid to be himself . john malkhovich also do his usual good job and play eliot and a man trap in the machoistic world of queen and yet struggle with his homosexuality . perhaps the best scene be when eliot tell a pesky homosexual to bug off and because he just doesn not like him . this movie could have be a lot more and but it try to do too much and do not explain to the viewer what be go on and and become predictable by the end . first of all and we never understand why exactly al wife and play by linda fiorentino and leave him so suddenly and violently . all we know be that she be mad at him . we similarly understand that ray be have second thought about get married . we understand that eliot be kind of an angry character . we never really find out why . eliot befriend a homosexual pianist . we never really find out much about the pianist and except that he be rather mild mannered . there be also thing that just do not help the plot much . jamie lee curtis play a character who be never really develop well and and in the end we have no idea why she behave the way she do ( and how this change al life ) . another scene that doesn not work be the swim pool scene . al wife steal al and all four or five of his buddy clothing and yet somehow he have spare clothing for all of them in his car . this movie could have be a good movie . instead and it be confuse and not very well write .