Synopsis
Fire Island (2022) is a romantic comedy directed by Andrew Ahn, available to watch online on iFILM. Joel Kim Booster wrote the script and stars: a group of queer friends descends on Fire Island Pines for their annual summer week, and romantic chaos follows before they can even unpack.
Booster's screenplay is a deliberate riff on Pride and Prejudice — his character Noah is Lydia Bennet reimagined, hustling to get his quieter best friend Howie (Bowen Yang) a summer romance while his own feelings run into someone he'd rather dislike. Surrounding them: drugs, drinks, and the kind of class friction Austen wrapped in drawing-room propriety. Margaret Cho and Conrad Ricamora also appear.
Released on Hulu, the film landed as one of the few Hollywood rom-coms built entirely around a queer world, not as a topic to address but as the natural texture of the story. It is brisk and funny and uninterested in explaining itself. Stream Fire Island online on iFILM.
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