The film stars Randy Quaid, Eric Stoltz, Charles Durning, Elizabeth Peña, Frank Buxton and Jill Teed.

One reads Moby Dick and wears neckties, and the other smokes, drinks and watches sports on a blaring TV.

[3][4] In an interview with TV critics in January, Quaid said he didn't know why the airdate was put off; the movie "may not be the most popular thing to look at, or the most entertaining or exciting action piece, but it has real issues and deals with them realistically".

[3] The Los Angeles Times wrote that "Robert Lenski’s teleplay and Alan Metzger’s direction avoid land mines of sentimentality with a narrative full of surprises and candid emotions...and aside from its strong acting and technical polish, the production’s thematic achievement is twofold: (1) it demolishes the myth that AIDS is a gay disease and (2) it refreshingly punctures holes in the prejudices of both straights and gays.

"[5] TV critic John J. O'Connor wrote that "for all its relentless predictability, it frequently manages to be remarkably affecting, thanks to two extraordinarily fine performances...by Mr. Stoltz...who brings to the reserved, finicky Bill an enormous reservoir of strength...and Mr. Quaid who manages to convey the loneliness and submerged tenderness of Bill as he acerbically flails away at the world in general.