The film, which loses its way in an overblown second half, is at its charming best when channeling the dead author’s gift for wise observations about persnickety society. That someone would be ignored by potential friends because their rental house isn’t opulent enough, or given the cold shoulder by a love interest because they don’t fit into a specific Instagram-model mold, is very Austen 2022. James Scully, Nick Adams and Conrad Ricamora channel Jane Austen in “Fire Island.” Jeong Park On the darker side, members of the gay community - contrary to its expressed open-arms attitude - can make snap judgments based on race and class. Fire Island, and gay culture in general, are chock-full of rules and etiquette that hark back to 19th-century England: There are parties called tea dances (Britain loves tea! The Bennets love scheduled dancing!), events have dress codes and multiple people platonically share bedrooms as if they’re on the brink of the Industrial Revolution. On Hulu.īooster’s idea is an inspired one. Rated R (strong sexual content, language, drug use, some nudity).
