...this is not about young men trying to cope with their gayness. It is not about should they come out or not. It is not about their families accepting them or rejecting them. I think most of us have grown tired of those themes in "gay films".
Instead, this is about 2 gay college students who face an unusual crisis in their relationship. They both have supportive parent(s).
The one problem with the film is that it takes a lot of "suspending disbelief" to get started here. When the young men were boys, there was a tragic accident where one boy's mother ran over and killed the brother of the other boy. Now, unknowingly, the two boys have grown into young men and have -- by sheer coincidence -- fallen in love. It's a pretty big coincidence to contemplate, but if you can get beyond that, it's a film with an interesting story, good acting, and good dialog.
The two young men are played well by Matthew Frias and Edmund Donovan. Quite polished performances from relative newcomers. The two mothers are equally well acted by Andréa Burns and Isabel Machado.
This is drama, not at all about sexploitation.
Instead, this is about 2 gay college students who face an unusual crisis in their relationship. They both have supportive parent(s).
The one problem with the film is that it takes a lot of "suspending disbelief" to get started here. When the young men were boys, there was a tragic accident where one boy's mother ran over and killed the brother of the other boy. Now, unknowingly, the two boys have grown into young men and have -- by sheer coincidence -- fallen in love. It's a pretty big coincidence to contemplate, but if you can get beyond that, it's a film with an interesting story, good acting, and good dialog.
The two young men are played well by Matthew Frias and Edmund Donovan. Quite polished performances from relative newcomers. The two mothers are equally well acted by Andréa Burns and Isabel Machado.
This is drama, not at all about sexploitation.