Michael Wants To Marry

Michael Hartman is vain and obsessed with his idea of perfection and is proud of it. He also takes pride in being the “poster child” for gay pride. He’s worked all his life to build a successful Public Relations and Marketing business. With every aspect of Michael’s life in place, he believes that the next step is to get married to the perfect boyfriend, in the perfect setting and have the perfect kids. But when he sets up the perfect marriage proposal, his beloved, Lars, says ‘no.’ Lars sites that his German family is very traditional and he’s afraid they won’t accept him, his marriage or any future with children.
Michael takes it upon himself to fly to Germany to win the family over and get the family blessing. When Michael arrives, Lars’ family mistakingly believes that he’s there to marry their daughter, Liesel, because unbeknownst to him, Lars hasn’t yet come out of the closet. Michael, stung by the secret but determined, feels that once he gets the family blessing Lars with come around.
Liesel, who has a secret of her own, agrees to help Michael and the two pretend to be a couple for the family to get to know Michael and give him the blessing to marry (one) of the Schaffer kids.
Not only not sold on Michael, Liesel's grandmother (Oma) insists that Liesel pass her Housewife School to be considered for marriage at all. Michael turns the table and offers to take the Housewife School Exam himself to prove how serious he is. Grudgingly, Oma agrees, having her suspicions which Schaffer kid Michael really wants to marry.
Along with Liesel, Winnie the local widow and her cheery daughter Emma, help Michael to succeed.
As Michael gets better at being domestic with warm-hearted people he starts to see the cracks in his own persona and evaluates what it means to be happy.
The moment Lars get wind of Michael’s plan he flies to Germany to do damage control. He gets there just in time to see Michael pass the Housewife School Exam. At the climax of their argument, Oma’s school catches fire. Oma blames Michael for the blaze and as a surprise to the entire family Gert, (Lars’ father), stands up and announces that Michael has the family blessing to marry Lars.
Michael proposes again but Lars declines still unable to come out of the closet to the rest of the world. Michael returns to America sad and broken-hearted but determined to chase true happiness instead of what his ideal used to be.
Gert pushes Lars to be brave and accept who he is. Armed with the support of his family Lars flies back to America to reconcile with Michael. Liesel gathers her courage to come out with her Indian lover. Winnie finally goes for the dream she left unrealized.
When Lars finally returned home to California, he makes a messy proposal to Michael. Michael accepts excited about their version of ‘Happily Ever After.’