In dedicating the film 's soundtrack album to performer and AIDS activist Michael Callen and other friends they had lost to the disease , Greyson , composer Glenn Schellenberg and producers Garfield and Stratton explained their reasons for making the film . " We wanted to explode the opportunistic myth of Patient Zero .... More importantly , we wanted to celebrate the courage and sass of an international AIDS activist movement that has tirelessly fought for the rights of people living with AIDS . " '' Zero Patience '' garnered mixed critical reaction . The '' Austin Chronicle '' cited a " murky plot , frequently weak acting and often mediocre music " while still praising the film 's " spunk , humor , enthusiasm and wit . " The '' Washington Post '' compared '' Zero Patience '' unfavorably to Hollywood 's big-budget , big-star AIDS-themed film , '' Philadelphia '' , claiming that the latter 's protagonist Andrew Beckett " looked sick , dealt with his illness and allowed the audience to sympathize , " unlike the " healthy hoofers " of the musical who , because they did n't look sick enough , " seem to deny some of the grim realities " of the disease . In a contrary favorable opinion , London 's '' Time Out Film Guide '' praised the film for " slyly inverting popular wisdom " to " offer a sassy commentary on the epidemic of blame " and calling '' Zero Patience '' " a film which engages your mind as much as your heart , and leaves you laughing . " Similarly , '' The New York Times '' lauded the film 's " loopy buoyancy , " praising the songs as a " bouncy stylistic hybrid of Gilbert and Sullivan , Ringo Starr , The Kinks and the Pet Shop Boys . " '' Zero Patience '' was honored as the Best Canadian Film and Best Ontario Feature at the 1993 Cinéfest and was awarded a Special Jury Citation as Best Canadian Feature Film at the 1993 Festival of Festivals . Greyson dedicated his award to the memory of Jay Scott , the influential film critic who had died of AIDS a few months earlier
1993 Festival of Festivals
1993 Toronto International Film Festival
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