![]() ![]() One of the significant things it has going for it is the refusal to sand the edges off the relationship to view it as a perfect romantic union. The full title of Ausiello’s book is unequivocal - Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies - and the script by actor-turned-writer David Marshall Grant and author and LGBTQ activist Dan Savage clues the audience in pretty much from the outset that this will be a grief drama. It won’t hurt that the December Focus Features release is also a stealth Christmas movie. Spoiler Alert potentially has a shot at appeal beyond that niche, particularly with audiences starved for a genuinely moving, pleasingly old-fashioned four-hankie tearjerker whose sentiments are backed by lived experience. While box office pundits had a range of opinions about the commercial failure of the Billy Eichner vehicle Bros a couple months back, the general view was that the gay rom-com under-performed even within its core demographic. Screenwriters: David Marshall Grant, Dan Savage, based on Michael Ausiello’s memoir Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies ![]() ![]() ![]() James, Sally Field, Bill Irwin, Jeffery Self, Antoni Porowski Cast: Jim Parsons, Ben Aldridge, Nikki M. ![]()
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