Well-meaning but Pretentious
I agree with the previous reviewer but am writing only to correct the names. Joe is not the main character, he is a fat man the hero Michael loves. Joey is the brother with brain damage. HOWEVER, as I watched this film it seemed to be that Michael was the one with brain damage. Outisde of a love for rings (which he shares with one of the Beatles) Joey seemed much saner. The film though well-meaning on the part of the actor/director/producer/writer/editor is yet another proof that a second viewpoint (rather than have one person do it all) is necessary unless one is a genius like Chaplin or Welles. I found it impossible to identify with the character or even to like him. It's one of those films that bore to such an extent one keeps looking at a watching saying: "40 minutes to go...30 minutes to go...20....10...7" That no other film appears with this director/star is not suprising.

Another depressing indie
Depressing black and white portrait of Joe, a puffy faced gay man in his 30's who is sexually attracted to older and even less attractive men. Joe and his twin brother had severe fevers when they were young and it left him with a bad heart and his brother brain damaged. At that point their father checked out. Their catholic mother raised the boys and Joe is now a men's washroom attendant when he's not cruising New York's Central Park. The film is disjointed and goes nowhere. Much time is spent as Joe takes one candle lit bath after another. It appears that the director knew he was in trouble and hoped that showing some skin would raise interest. On the box, this video was described as Dream-Like. I think that's code for sleep inducing.