Jeffrey

"Love is an adventure when one of you is sure... and the other is positive."

1995 1h 32m EN

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6.2

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71%

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6.8

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★6.2TMDB · 76🍅71%Rotten Tomatoes★6.8IMDB · 7,096

ComedyDramaRomance

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Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect himself. As fate would have it, shortly after his declaration of a sex-free existence, he meets the handsome Steve Howard, his dream man -- except for his HIV-positive status. Facing this dilemma, Jeffrey turns to his best friend and an outrageous priest for guidance.

“Love is an adventure when one of you is sure... and the other is positive.”

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Cast

Steven Weber
Jeffrey
Patrick Stewart
Sterling
Michael T. Weiss
Steve Howard
Bryan Batt
Darius
Nathan Lane
Father Dan
Sigourney Weaver
Debra Moorhouse
Olympia Dukakis
Mrs. Marcangelo
Robert Klein
Skip Winkley

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Christopher Ashley
Writers: Paul Rudnick
Languages: English, French
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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31 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Christopher Ashley, shot by Jeffery J. Tufano. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Stephen Endelman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Cara Silverman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Steven Weber and Patrick Stewart and Michael T. Weiss carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Love is an adventure when one of you is sure... and the other is positive.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0113464 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Christopher Ashley directs. Jeffery J. Tufano behind the camera. Stephen Endelman scores. Cara Silverman cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, French.

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131 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
3Directed by Christopher Ashley, shot by Jeffery J. Tufano. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Stephen Endelman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Cara Silverman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Steven Weber and Patrick Stewart and Michael T. Weiss carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Love is an adventure when one of you is sure... and the other is positive.".
8IMDB entry: tt0113464 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 76 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 12 themes, including "new york city", "aids", "celibacy", "based on play or musical".

The technical file

Cinematography: Jeffery J. Tufano
Original score: Stephen Endelman
Editing: Cara Silverman
Production design: P. Michael Johnston
Makeup / hair: Melissa Yonkey
Stunt coordinator: G.A. Aguilar
Runtime: 92 min · 1h 32m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $3,487,767
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Jeffrey (1995)
Rotten Tomatoes: 71% 🍅 Fresh
IMDB rating: 6.8/10 · 7,096 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

1 win & 4 nominations total

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CinemaSerf2025-04-16
★ 6/10
I kept expecting Sir Ian McKellen to pop up here to compliment the entertainingly camp contribution from his best pal Patrick Stewart in this otherwise rather unremarkable story. It’s all about “Jeffrey” (Steven Weber) who is one of those actors-cum-waiters who merrily enjoys the fruits of his New York existence until the arrival of AIDS turn him into a sexually neurotic monk. No more nookie for him, it’s all about his career - and, yep, that just frustrates the poor man. Things aren’t exactly helped by his flamboyant pal “Sterling” (Stewart) who has a much younger and HIV+ boyfriend “Darius” (Bryan Batt) who keeps telling him that he needs to get laid more. Then he bumps into “Steve” (Michael T. Weiss) and they take to each other. Snag? Well it turns out that “Steve” is also positive and so “Jeffrey” is now faced with quite a dilemma. On the plus side, this drama does showcase the extent to which many gay people donned a psychological, if not actually a physical, suit of armour when the AIDS epidemic struck. Terrified of the consequences of their previous license and/or determined never to take risks again - however that “risk” might be defined or apply, practically, to their life and lifestyle. On that front, Weber does OK and at times the whole thing comes across quite touchingly, but sadly there’s too much emphasis on the stereotypes and the writing takes refuge all too often in the realms of that kind of gay comedy that Armistead Maupin might have written on a bad day. It’s all a question of living life to the full or living in fear, but somehow any semblance of sensible and responsible compromise is not on the agenda here and so it all rather falls between a predictable set of tram lines. It has it’s moments, but in the end it’s just so-so.

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