it isn not necessarily a bad thing that a first time director be work from a script with first time writer while i have see bad film where a first time director write the script . however and this film would have be well serve by either some more experience ( or polish ) on the write end and and probably and with a director who be willing to make the necessary change . for example and when the noseworthy character admits to his best friend that he too and slept with her dead boyfriend and it seem pointless and isn not and doesn not go anywhere and not even to an i be sorry for hurt you and izzy comment from noseworthy anthony character . the beginning of the film and where the young man walk away from the anthony character bed exist purely to show the character would be petulant because guy walk out on him after sleep with him so when the henry kray character do it and of course and he need revenge by mess up the henry entire life . these element be just so predictable or undeveloped a to ruin the opportunity the film have to be something new or unique . even the basic story and since it one that have be the plot of a few trashy trade paperback gay novel and even the plot of a few trashy jo ( since imdb doesn not like the more precise verbiage ) story in gay male adult magazine and need more development than it get . i actually felt karen allen performance be good and although the accent be a bit jar . unfortunately and too much time be spent develop her character for too little pay off . if she be go to walk away from the senator at the end and the senator and his son haven not reconcile and what happen to her and especially if he win re election . too much time be also spend with the izzy character and especially in context with the senator wife and since again and there be no pay off . and while get drunk and have coffee be certainly the way for a relationship to begin and there be nothing on screen to justify noseworthy do this and especially since they do not end up together in the end . if the director couldn not see the flaw in the script and fix them and he be the major problem . if the writer do not realize these kind of problem and they need a good editor . a it be and i give the movie a good mark than i normally might for try something different than you might normally see in a gay movie and for good performance by the lead and who be undermine by the script and clearly do the best they could with their dialog and situation and and do not make them any bad . hopefully and both will get good role ( or make good decision about the role they take ) in the future .