Sunday, October 26, 2014
Fathers and Sons
Today's movie concerns the relationships between gay fathers and straight sons.
In fact the title is
Azul y no tan rosa (Blue and Not So Pink) / My Straight Son (2014)
I liked this a lot. It is rather true to form and honest in its depiction of a gay dad and straight son. Some of the situations are a bit melodramatic but it is a movie after all.
The thing is that the story and acting are honest and straight forward and do not pander or make it easy.
No father son relationship is easy. I have lived this one out. We all did OK as the people in this film did.
I liked it, I bought it before I saw it as it is one of those movies that will never make it to Netflix.
It is Venezuelan, it is gay and it is independent. None of those things get a movie into the rental lists.
I will give it a 4 out of 5 for its honesty and realism. Also its love. Which is, after all, what it is really about.
Labels: films, gay families
