The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy is a 2000 American film written and directed by Greg Berlanti. It follows the lives of a group of gay friends in West Hollywood, centered around a restaurant owned by the fatherly Jack and the softball team he sponsors. The friends rely on each other for friendship and support as they search for love, deal with loss, and discover themselves. The Broken Hearts Club was Berlanti's first feature film, based around his circle of friends at the time. The movie was met with generally favorable reviews from critics, receiving praise for portraying... homosexuality as normal and its characters as average gay men. The film focuses on "the universal themes of romance, acceptance and family," as opposed to AIDS, coming out, and sex, which are more controversial and stereotypical topics commonly covered in LGBT films. The film follows the lives of a group of gay friends in West Hollywood.
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| Release date: | 2000 |
| Directed by: | Greg Berlanti |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 94 Minutes |
| Producer: | Connie Dolph, Mickey Liddell, Joseph Middleton, Julie Plec, Sam Irvin |
| Editor: | Todd Busch |
| Music by: | Christophe Beck |
| Cinematography: | Paul Elliott, Paul Elliott |
| Screenplay by: | Greg Berlanti |
| Estimated budget: | $1,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |