In this much-vaunted big-Studio gay rom-com that fizzled out at the box office, a snarky 40-years-old author/podcaster/historian who rails against romantic relationships finds himself falling into a relationship with an attractive muscled-up but self-doubting lawyer. The film takes a long time to settle down, as the first hour strains to be on trend (dating apps hookups, thruples, sex-pic selfies) and talks itself to death by feeling the need to explain every comment made, not helped by machine-gun-fire dialogue that is mostly shouty or hysterical, like listening to an extended stand-up routine by a somewhat wired performer. Matters are not helped by having a particularly unsympathetic lead character in Bobby (played by co-writer Billy Eichner), although Luke Macfarlane offers more charm and warmth as his love-interest Aaron. The film also seems at great pains to point out that gay and straight relationships can be different, yet at times it resorts to such unashamed generic rom-com clichés that it might as well have ended with a run through an airport. In general, Bros does the 'rom' and 'com' aspects reasonably well, but its unevenness of tone and style and its focus on delivering issues rather than its characters does not make it a total success.
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