Review of Plan B

I loved this movie. Shown at the NY's LGBT festival. It's a serious take on male bonding, which goes over the usual line and becomes romance. Outstanding acting by the two male leads. The director has an usual style, especially nowadays when everything in cinema comes rapid-fire--he believes in SLOW. So his camera will focus on a room before anyone is in it, and then the room will become occupied. He focuses a lot on the two actors' faces, as they ponder, decide, ponder some more, dream, think some more, decide, and ponder. It could get tedious with lesser actors, but these two guys are good. The leads are nice-looking guys, easy on the eyes, but certainly not models. They don't shave much, don't take care of their hair, have lots of body hair, good bodies but not pumped up: they look real. This romance is not glamorized, no swelling music, your emotions are not heightened by any cinematographic techniques. I guess this might be considered a Dogma movie--and it works splendidly.