Sunday, May 11, 2014
Old style
Today's film is an old style coming out film in that there are tragic results.
An Australian film. They have a lot of gay product coming out there. Or, at least, it seems that way.
Here, two teenagers fall in love and find their gay identities together.
It is a beautiful love story and, unfortunately, it has to make a statement and add tragedy at the end. Not a spoiler really but since I was taken in by the Netflix happy description I was not ready for it.
It actually seemed a bit forced. Things, while uphill, are going well and then suddenly they are not.
It is not the old style "punishment for being gay" theme but a more political one which seeks to demonstrate the tragedy of homophobic parents who will not accept their gay kids.
I would still have watched the film if only to support gay made films. I can handle the ending. I just wish it wasn't added in a tacked on kind of way.
This earns it a 3 out of Netflix5.
