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This is a cute little movie starring Heather Graham and Tom Cavanagh as sister and brother who are also best friends and flatmates and Bridget Moynihan as the woman who turns their lives upside down. If you wonder how come you don’t remember it from being in the cineplex last year that would be because other than a few short art house showings it was essentially straight to DVD.
Sam and Gray Baldwin are very happy with their lives; Gray Matters opens with a dinner party where a couple of the other guests who don’t know them too well mistakenly get the idea their a married couple. Having recently passed 30 they decide it’s time to get out and find loves, which starts with a trip to the singles heaven that is the local (Manhattan) dog park. They see Charlie Kelsey (Moynihan) and Gray makes an excuse to introduce herself, then point out her cute brother.
The three meet up later at a Spanish place for tapas, drinks and dancing. Both Baldwins find her extremely attractive but it’s Sam who stays up all night with her. Then turns up home that afternoon with the news that he and Charlie are getting married in Vegas Saturday and would Sis very kindly come along as maid of honor/best man.
All good time is had by all but certain events during the Friday night bachelorette party trigger the main conflict of the movie. Back home Gray is forced to confront the truth of her desires, reconcile with Sam and Charlie, and find a new path to happiness. All of which she does, with some assistance from her officemate Carrie (Molly Shannon in one of her few mature, non-annoying roles) and new bet pal Gordy (Alan Cummins, allowed for once to be himself, or at least a heterosexual version of himself).
Written and directed by Sue Kramer (her only IMDB credit, though she bears a striking resemblance to the also-lesbian Heather Matarazzo), Gray Matters is a sweet post-modern coming of age story that is smart and believable, wastes little time on poorly though out ‘character development’ and (sadly, because Graham is hot) avoids the easy allure of cheap lesbian sex scenes.
recommended
