Critical Reaction
According to gay film historian Vito Russo's book The Celluloid Closet, straight critics found the film boring while gay critics, glad for any attention paid to the subject, praised it. Making Love opened strong at the box office its first week, but poor word of mouth led to a large drop-off in box office receipts the following week.
Cultural critic Camille Paglia calls Making Love "intelligent" and states that "it remains my favorite film to date about gay men."
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