Spoiler Alert – 2022
Spoiler Alert is a 2022 American romantic drama film starring Jim Parsons and Ben Aldridge as two lovers, one who watches the other’s final months before their death from terminal cancer. The film, based on the 2017 memoir Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies by Michael Ausiello, is directed by Michael Showalter and written by David Marshall Grant and Dan Savage. Parsons plays Ausiello, and Aldrige plays his lover Kit Cowan who dies of cancer.
Spoiler Alert was released in the United States on December 2, 2022, by Focus Features
The film opens with the death of Kit Cowan following his 11-month battle with terminal cancer while in the arms of his husband, Michael Ausiello. The story, told through Michael, details their 14-year relationship leading up to Kit’s death.
In 2001, Michael, a writer for TV Guide, is brought to a gay nightclub by his best friend in Manhattan. There, he meets Kit, a photographer, and the two instantly have a connection. As they begin dating, Michael struggles with his insecurities of being formerly overweight and not being attractive enough for Kit. Kit reveals that he had an affair with a man at the gym. They both admit their fears of being in a long-term relationship since neither of them had been in one before, but they both decide to continue dating. During their first Christmas together, Kit gives Michael his own closet space at his apartment, inviting Michael to live with him.
In 2002, Kit gets an appendectomy. His parents, Bob and Marilyn, come to Manhattan. Not out to them, Kit asks Michael to “clean” the apartment of anything gay and their relationship together. Upon returning to Kit’s place, Marilyn grows suspicious of Michael. After incessantly interrogating the two, Kit comes out to his parents and reveals that Michael is his boyfriend. While initially upset that Kit could not admit this to her, Marilyn is accepting and welcomes Michael. Michael and Kit continue their relationship and get a townhouse together. During their second Christmas, Michael invites Kit to lie under the Christmas tree with him as he did when he was a child and explains it was always a fantasy of his to do it every year with his partner, even in old age.
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Cast
Jim Parsons – Michael Ausiello
Ben Aldridge – Kit Cowan
Josh Pais – Scott
Allegra Heart – Franny
Jeffery Self – Nick
Braxton Fannin – Michael’s Sitcom Older Brother
Brody Caines – Sitcom Young Michael
Tara Summers – Mrs. Ausiello
Corey Saucier – Dr. Underwood
Megan Irminger – Nurse Angelique
Nikki M. James – Nina
Sadie Scott – Kirby
Eleni Yiovas – Night Nurse(as Ellen Yiovas)
Sally Field – Marilyn
Bill Irwin – Bob
Jason Gotay – Riley
Nhumi Threadgill – Jo
David Marshall Grant – Tony
Director – Michael Showalter
Streaming
Where to Watch Spoiler Alert Spoiler Alert is available to watch, stream, download and buy on demand at Apple TV and Vudu.
Buy the Disc at Amazon (Pre-order)
Spoiler Alert – 2022
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