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Through it all, they come out with a stronger friendship and a newfound appreciation for each other.

The film is directed by Dennis Dugan, who has worked with Adam Sandler on several successful comedies including Happy Gilmore and Big Daddy. The plot follows Chuck Levine (Adam Sandler) and Larry Valentine (Kevin James), two firefighters who work together in the same station.

The two friends go to great lengths to convince everyone they are a couple, even participating in a same-sex ballroom dance contest. Most of the time, it is clear.

Yes, it’s a big deal when a piece of culture that’s queer-focused does its job and perhaps—and with Chuck & Larry, that’s a big “perhaps”—makes people less hateful.

After a near-death experience, James realizes just how important it is for his kids to be taken care of should anything happen to him. They should be like us, but they’re definitely not like us, the film implies. Their plan immediately starts to fall apart when the insurance company begins to suspect them to be frauds, and lying about being homosexual (which they are).

Doubling down and refusing to admit defeat, the two go to a lawyer, Alex (Jessica Biel) and begin a downward spiral further into the lie of being gay.

It’s a time capsule from a not-too-distant American past—one liberals likely thought they’d buried until last November.

The film finds Kevin James as a widowed, single dad and Sandler as his best friend. Sandler is an owner of a film production company named Happy Madison Productions. Sandler punches a religious activist in the face after he calls him a faggot.

Chuck and Larry's bond is tested throughout the movie as they deal with their individual insecurities and fears. He is a son of Judith "Judy" (née Levine), a nursery school teacher, and Stanley Sandler, an electrical engineer. The idea that Adam Sandler even continues to have a career is insulting (and he, in turn, continues to insult).

This is paired with Chuck and Alex sharing a kiss not long after. So they enlist a lawyer (Jessica Biel), who has woefully little to do other than provide exposition and make Sandler’s horndog misogyny even more evident. Even marginally positive comments from critics make the film feel like more of a relic. The film’s last act sees James and Sandler defend their marriage in court.

In some ways, despite all the progress we’ve made, LGBTQ people are still stuck in that liminal space.