Saturday, July 25, 2015
Grit and determination
A cyclist, a racer, has an accident and becomes paralyzed from the waist down.
took a dangerous curve a little too carelessly.
He recovers. He learns how to live on his own, more or less, and begins to deal with life's other challenges.
One of these has to do with his ability to have a relationship with another man. Obviously, if you are man, the ability to have sex, to get his equipment to work is pretty important. It would be nice to have some help.
Unsurprisingly, the efforts he makes on his own are futile for the most part. But one day he meets a guy who has more than a casual interest in him. They date. The sex thing becomes more urgent as it becomes obvious that they are attracted to one another.
I won't tell the ending but it is pretty clear that things can get better even if you think they will not.
One nice thing about this film is that it explores the importance of being able to ask for help.
I liked it a lot. The relationship is very nice.
The boy he falls in love with is just out of a long period of care taking. His mother was slowly dying of cancer. Patience and empathy are part of this guy's character. A good match for the impatient Morgan. Can they bring it off together? The relationship as well as the sex?
The whole thing is just at the edge of soap opera but I do not mind that at all. I even had some sniffles at the end.
Part of our DVD collection, this is a 5 out of Netflix5.
