It could have been a beautiful film. Production and acting are professional, and outdoors shots are clear, bright, colorful and vivid. The indoors scenes, except for the wedding reception at the beginning, however, are lifeless, dull and under-lit. The major shortcomings are the dialogs, which are drawn out and most of the time contribute little to the flow of the story, and excessive length of silence that does not foster any development of emotional or narrative progress. The script writer appears incompetent in that regard. Any good dramas would not let any valuable seconds go to waste. The orgy in the farm house is absolutely disgusting even to gays. And the fact that the main character can get away with impunity after committing rape serves to fuel even more misunderstanding by straights that gays have lower moral standards. I can't help wondering if the director is a homophobe. The only redeeming factor of this movie is Charlie Keegan playing the rape victim Christian, whose presence is totally engaging and lights up the screen in every scene. He is the reason I give this movie a rating of 4 rather than 1.
