![]() ![]() The distant, confused, tender-brutal, hateful-loving relationship between father and son, I suspect, drove a great deal of this story although it wasn't the central focus. ![]() In fact, many of us are drawn to films like this because reliving some of those common experiences, distressing as they may have been when we were young, now contribute to a comforting feeling of connection to others. There is, after all, a fair amount of shared common experience in the coming-of-age saga of most young gay men. Some of what takes place was a bit formulaic and stereotypical, but the events were still integral to the story development and it felt totally realistic if not ground-breaking. Yes, the plot may have been overly ambitious in all that it attempted to include. ![]() The timid, brittle interactions, however, were very true to the decidedly dysfunctional family of the main character rather than tentative acting. Unfortunately, just before I watched this movie, I read a review here stating that the story was based on a "thin-as-paper, muddled plot." With that in mind and the somewhat awkward, uncomfortable interactions between the actors at the start, I almost gave it up. ![]()
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