This week in movies you missed: In 1979, a gay couple sets out to adopt a kid “nobody else wants,” only to find out society isn’t ready for a two-dad family.
What You Missed
Rudy (Alan Cumming) is a drag queen from Queens who makes his living lip-synching to disco hits in an LA gay bar. Paul (Garret Dillahunt) works for the DA’s office, wears three-piece suits and is still deep in the closet.
Their one-night stand turns into something more when Rudy seeks Paul’s legal help to deal with a touchy situation. Rudy’s junkie neighbor (Jamie Anne Allman) has been carted off to jail, and her neglected teenage son, Marco (Isaac Leyva), who has Down syndrome, won’t stay put in a foster home. Rudy has formed a bond with Marco and doesn’t want to see him slip through the cracks.
Paul opens his home to Rudy and Marco, and the three quickly become a family. But when the state becomes aware of the two men’s relationship, they must defend their right to raise a child — with the odds stacked against them.
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