Before I Do

🤩 Before I Do, dir. Gary Jaffe, 2026, USA, 85 min.
Friday, June 26, 2026, 3:30 PM, Castro Theatre
🌐 World premiere
preceded by a short film:
😁 All Change, dir. Joe Molander, 2025, UK, 4 min. (🌊 West Coast premiere)

Before I Do

Frameline blurb: Gay chaos ensues when groom-to-be John Michael (Cole Doman from 💖  Mutt, Frameline47) reunites with his best man and old flame Alex (Michael Hsu Rosen) at a lakeside bachelor party weekend that draws the whole wedding party into the drama.

Joined by mischievous duo, Luís (Robin de Jesús, The Boys in the Band) and Simon (Jared Reinfeldt, Bookends, Frameline50), who play unofficial matchmakers, and hunky, newly-out-and-kinda-proud-bisexual Kit (Love, Victor’s Nico Greetham), this quartet of college pals stir up some romantic mayhem and find true love in this cheeky rom-com. If you’re longing to go to a lakeside cottage, Gary Jaffe’s cozy autumnal getaway is the perfect cuffing season escape.

My take: Before I Do is a rom-com, but with some depth to the characters and even some moments of authentic vulnerability. The plot takes a number of turns, veering off from the formulaic plot you might see in other movies about the bachelor(ette) weekend. There is genuine tension between John Michael and Alex, as they consider what might have been had they not broken up many years before, as well as between Kit and the group to whom he has just come out. But most of the time, the guys are just enjoying a weekend together. Most of all, it’s a rom-com where the characters don’t have their anxieties amped up to 11, which is a refreshing change. For that reason, I’m giving it a must see.

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The main feature was preceded by a short film:

😁 All Change, dir. Joe Molander, 2025, UK, 4 min. (🌊 West Coast premiere)

All Change

Frameline blurb: In a simple conversation on the train, two gay men expose the regrets they have over their friendship, which — years ago — nearly became something more. The two come away with a completely different view of each other, themselves and what could have been.

My take: Despite my best efforts, I’m a bit older than I used to be, so I resonated with looking back over past decades. All Change packs a lot into a four-minute conversation, with some real feels and insights into these two men. Highly recommended for all audiences, but a must see for “gentlemen of a certain age.”

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