This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

The Age of Commercialism

Awesome Movie

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

I so wish I had a glass or two of whatever they were drinking when they thought up the idea of Zero Patience, I mean, hey now, a happy gay musical about how HIV started, with talking arseholes, ghost conversations, no illness, lie about who does and doesn't support AIDS research, alienate most people add dance numbers, songs, oh and don't forget bringing back to life a Victorian adventure pretending he's 170 years old and if people don't like it, pretend it's a satirical parody!It was made in the late 80's and had it come out then, it would have really set straight some of the common misconceptions about AIDS, however it didn't reach a mass audience until the mid 1990's, which by that time society understood HIV / AIDS a lot better. It was too late to do any good and just confused a whole load more! Read more and find out where this film made it in the Top 50 Most Influential Gay Movies of All Time book, search on Amazon for Top 50 Most Influential Gay Movies of All Time

A musical about AIDS (seriously) and it involves Patient Zero (the man who purportedly bought AIDS to the US) coming back from the dead (sort of) to clear his name.It took REAL courage to do this back in the early 1990s. AIDS was still a death warrant back then. You got it and you died--that was it. Thankfully things have changed now. This is NOT a good movie. It looks like it was made on no budget, the acting and singing are atrocious, the story goes all over the place and (by the end) I was lost and frustrated. It starts off OK but just quickly falls apart. There's a LOT of preaching about AIDS and how it came about...but none of it is even remotely interesting. The songs are pretty lame. They try to be amusing but fail miserably.I caught this back in 1995 at a college theatre (the chain theatres wouldn't touch it) and was completely unimpressed. So it gets a 3 for having courage but it really is pretty bad.

I've seen nearly all of John Greyson's films and shorts and enjoyed every single one of them; this was a film I was interested in seeing again and purchased the DVD once it became available, so I'm likely not the most unbiased reviewer. However, this enjoyment is based on the movies themselves, their audacious vision and the innate originality of the filmmaker, not from any personal connection to him or to anyone else who appeared in or worked on any of the films.Patient Zero is perhaps the original of his films because of the treatment of the subject matter. Unfortunately, this is also perhaps the films biggest failing: where the film appears most dated and reflects inaccurate information deals with both HIV and AIDS. However, despite this, the film merits viewing and is highly recommended because some of the subject matter (fear, mistrust, scientific and historical abuse versus education, etc.) are rendered intelligently and well, and in a highly unique and entertaining manner.Well worth renting and well worth repeated viewings.

I always say that I don't have a favorite movie, but this is probably it. This is actually THE movie that made me fall in love with and get interested in all the following: movies, gay issues, AIDS issues, talented people (like John Greyson!). It's also the movie that brought me closest to believing in fate: I saw late one night when I was letting myself go to bed late for some reason, and the VCR just happened to be recording, and I really don't know why I didn't stop it, and it was by chance that the tape was long enough.... now if there is a destiny or anything like it, that's the closest there is to it! This movie is good, and so amazing, that I don't even know how I managed to write that stuff up there. Ignore all above. Just go watch this movie!!!