Saturday, April 02, 2016
Simplicity
There is nothing simple about coming of age, especially for the gay
a sparsely seen film and hardly reviewed except for the deep, almost thesis length analysis at the link.
Put simply, a young Philippino finds himself in a gay strip club while wandering the town.
Whether this is accidental or intentional is a little difficult to tell but it is hard to believe he would just blunder upon it.
That fuzziness is typical of this simple little film. There is a short lived love affair between the boy and a dancer. And then the dawn.
Don't look for too much in this. It is a sweet story and (spoiler) nothing bad happens even to the wonderful aquariums that the boy keeps for himself.
There is a lot of sex in the film. Pretty graphic but always tender.
I am a sucker for soft porn dressed up as art.
I will not buy this film but I would not mind seeing it again. A 4 out of Netflix5, to be generous. If you are not into young blooming gay men then you will have to go find a trucker fuck flick. This will not do it for you.
