i don't watch that may gay films, what more gay films with old people in it. this movie is about an old couple well into their 70's, stella and dot - stella is butch and is constantly cursing, dot is her other half who is sick and blind. having been together for 31 years, dot's grand daughter is relocating her an old folks' home while telling stella to find another place to live. this road trip movie is hilarious - when stella decided to kidnap dot from the home and take her to canada to get married - with the intention that they won't be separated as spouses, while picking up a virile male dancer along the way.
there were lots of genuine funny moments in the film, but i can't help feeling a tad sad - that even after 31 years, their relationship is seen merely as friends as opposed to life partners. dot's grand daughter refused to imagine her grand mother is a lesbian - telling her police friend that "she got my mother through heterosexual means".
that is why - any sort of legal protection is important - something as equivalent as marriage - to protect lives that has intertwined together such as this two ladies.
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