@ the QFest :: Day Eight -- Jewish stereotypes & a hustler's dilemma

With just one film left to go in QFest, the end is n�e. The closing night film and a couple of festival favorites are all that stands between the 16th annual QFest and the record books.

There is plenty still in store for the last day of the festival, including a festival ending party at the Loews Hotel and an appearance by actress Wendie Malick.

Oy vey!

Relishing in more than a few Jewish stereotypes, Oy Vey! My Son is Gay! is fun brain candy. The story revolves around Nelson, whose mother is always trying to find him a nice Jewish girl to settle down with. What she doesn't know is that he is already off the market - but by a guy, not a girl. He's living with Angelo (Former Queer Eye guy Jai Rodriguez) and is forced to tell his parents in one of the most awkward of places.

Unlike the mother in You Should Meet My Son, Shirley Hirsch (Lainie Kazan) tries to figure out where she and her husband Martin went wrong. Martin even goes so far as to ask one of Nelson's female friends (played to the hilt by Carmen Electra) to try to convert him back.

The film has its hilarious moments for anyone who has had to deal with parents who aren't the most understanding of their being gay. But the comedy relies too much on the stereotypical characters that it becomes almost too farcical until a left field subplot about adopting a baby offers a happy ending for everyone.

Oy Vey! has a star-studded cast that includes Kazan, Rodriguez, Electra, Bruce Vilanch and Saul Rubinek. Director and co-writer Evgeny Afineevsky, who was in attendance for the screening, said that there was one cast member who the missed out on having - Joan Rivers.

"Joan Rivers was supposed to be Sophie, but she was doing The Apprentice," said Afineevsky. He added that many of the actors had been attached for many years before shooting happened. "I don't think they jumped, but Lainie [Kazan] has been on board since 2004; Jai [Rodriguez] and Carmen [Electra] since 2006."

The director has big plans for the film: contracts have already been issued for a Broadway musical version as well as discussion with Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry about a television show based on the movie. But for right now his goal is to get the film into theaters.

"My main goal is to bring this to theaters because I wan to bring two audiences together; straight and gay," the director explained. "[The film] it's about acceptance and understanding. This is the situation the movie explains."

The plan currently is to get the film into theaters means a limited bow in mid- November. Based on the reception and word of mouth it will expand, using a model from another Kazan-starring film My Big Fat Greek Wedding.

"The kids a star"