***Warning Spoilers Ahead*** This movie just made me cringe, with its depiction of the "gay experience." I am not sure why this film got funding because the screenplay is a boring mess! All this SM nonsense feels very contrived & completely unnecessary, & the protagonist is the most pompous jerk I ever saw! His "closeted best friend's" death is completely stupid & pointless, I don't understand why anyone loves this smarmy punk, much less feels the need to kill himself over him. There is no point in the whole film where I like any of the characters, much less sympathize with them. This is the kind of movie that you rent so you can talk about how bad it was later.
