Cyra McFadden's novel was deliciously tongue-in-cheek look at the environment of her city, San Francisco. Not as over-the-top as Armistead Maupin's books, but still very humorous and accurate. This is neither humorous nor accurate. It's just mean-spirited and ham-fisted. Bad script / bad cinematography / bad performances / bad direction. It's like a LOVE American STYLE sketch that just won't end. And the entire tone of the film is just hate-spewing at anything that isn't white bread and Father Knows Best. It's also got some really homophobic language and attitudes that were already cultural dinosaur when this movie was made, and now are just appalling.
