Gayby

A well-received short film expanded into a feature, Jonathan Lisecki's Gayby centers on a Manhattan yoga instructor named Jenn (Jenn Harris) who is unlucky in love, but so eager to have a baby that she recruits gay best friend Matt (Matthew Wilkas) to become the father. Rather than go through an artificial insemination procedure, however, Jenn insists that they go about baby-making the old-fashioned way, which naturally creates endless dilemmas, considering their longtime platonic friendship and Matt's lack of interest in the opposite sex. Complicating matters, Matt pines for his ex-boyfriend and Jenn decides to take an herbal supplement that winds up over-stimulating her sex drive and putting her into the arms of a studly housepainter who doesn't believe in condoms. Although Harris and Wilkas sport a pleasant charm together and have a talent for delivering broad comedy, Gayby nevertheless quickly wears out its welcome due to a surplus of crass stereotypes and anvil humor. Not a necessary purchase. (P. Hall)