 Strongly dissenting was the Village Voice , calling the film " [ o ] <unk> sentimental and retrograde " and in need of " serious vetting by [ LGBT media watchdog organization ] GLAAD . " The Voice compared Marty 's fate to that of other cinematic " self @-@ loathing homosexuals " like Martha Dobie of The Children 's Hour . However , writing for the LGBT @-@ interest Advocate magazine , gay film researcher David Ehrenstein praised the film for " speak [ ing ] volumes about those whom the gay rights revolution never touched and about the lives of older gays and lesbians in general . " 
