The Adam and Steve of "Adam & Steve" first meet as gay, screwed-up 21-year-olds in 1987, when Adam (Craig Chester) is a goth
kid and Steve (Malcolm Gets) is a go-go dancer and cocaine addict. They have a disastrously abortive one-night stand -- it involves both poop AND vomit! -- and go their separate ways. They meet again in 2004 and don't realize they have met before. Now Adam is a recovering drug addict (Steve gave him his first sample on that fateful night) who gives bird-watching tours in Central Park, while Steve is a control-freak psychiatrist who will have sex with anything that moves and is male. They begin a sweet, wholesome little relationship together, working on each other's neuroses and falling in love. It's only a matter of time before they remember that night in 1987, though. The problem here, in this gay screwball mediocrity, is that there is no problem here. For well over an hour the film (written and directed by its star, Craig Chester) is without a conflict. Adam and Steve like each other and have a happy relationship. Mild complications occasionally arise -- Adam must meet Steve's Christian parents, Steve must meet Adam's accident-prone family -- but these are treated not as plot conflicts but as setups for comedy skits, with everything resolved by the end of the scene.
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