I know I jump around in my reviews, but its the only way I can get this out, so please bear with me.
I tend to love movies from outside the USA, this is why I requested the movie, and other than a few odd parts the movie was extremely better than expected.
This movie may be similar to a hallmark or lifetime TV movie, but it reminded me of my life, well up until the main characters met up as adults. Watching the pain in both of their hearts was hard, but these amazing actors showed what the characters were feeling, which is rare in the GLBTQA movies, usually it is the fake generic feeling if any feelings are present to begin with.
This movie does do the annoying flashbacks, but it worked very well. Showing how their friendship turned to love which as love does turned bad for a bit, as we have all gone through... if it was easy it wouldn't be worth fighting for.
As the kids were developing the attraction for each other, you can see they are not just scared at something new to them, as ALL kids do, gay or not, but the added fear of people finding out that you are into the same sex as you, the fear that if they find out, either they will disown you or at minimum keep you from each other as was my fear. I am not sure if their parents knew about their feelings for each other or not, but at times, it seemed like it, especially one of the dads, as he watches the boys dancing, he didn't look to happy and ran for alcohol...
I wish the characters had been able to stay together as kids instead of being ripped apart... It would have spared the girlfriends heart from the pain, but everything happens for a reason...
As for how she reacted to finding out her boyfriend was in love with someone else, and that it was another man, It didn't seem to real, but of course it could be the culture difference, as here in the USA, you would be seeing the lady flipping the hell out.
The only reason I gave it a 9, and this is probably childish or pervish but they shied away from real life in the romantic parts and the nudity, as usual they had no problem showing the female completely nude, but the men were covered unrealistically, I could understand if the actors themselves are modest but it seemed more like the typical USA phobia a hetero man wouldn't want to watch a movie with a naked guy in it, even if it wasn't up in your face, like they do with female nudity.
Overall the romantic feel of the movie makes it well worth watching it, just keep the tissues close you will need it at the end.
I tend to love movies from outside the USA, this is why I requested the movie, and other than a few odd parts the movie was extremely better than expected.
This movie may be similar to a hallmark or lifetime TV movie, but it reminded me of my life, well up until the main characters met up as adults. Watching the pain in both of their hearts was hard, but these amazing actors showed what the characters were feeling, which is rare in the GLBTQA movies, usually it is the fake generic feeling if any feelings are present to begin with.
This movie does do the annoying flashbacks, but it worked very well. Showing how their friendship turned to love which as love does turned bad for a bit, as we have all gone through... if it was easy it wouldn't be worth fighting for.
As the kids were developing the attraction for each other, you can see they are not just scared at something new to them, as ALL kids do, gay or not, but the added fear of people finding out that you are into the same sex as you, the fear that if they find out, either they will disown you or at minimum keep you from each other as was my fear. I am not sure if their parents knew about their feelings for each other or not, but at times, it seemed like it, especially one of the dads, as he watches the boys dancing, he didn't look to happy and ran for alcohol...
I wish the characters had been able to stay together as kids instead of being ripped apart... It would have spared the girlfriends heart from the pain, but everything happens for a reason...
As for how she reacted to finding out her boyfriend was in love with someone else, and that it was another man, It didn't seem to real, but of course it could be the culture difference, as here in the USA, you would be seeing the lady flipping the hell out.
The only reason I gave it a 9, and this is probably childish or pervish but they shied away from real life in the romantic parts and the nudity, as usual they had no problem showing the female completely nude, but the men were covered unrealistically, I could understand if the actors themselves are modest but it seemed more like the typical USA phobia a hetero man wouldn't want to watch a movie with a naked guy in it, even if it wasn't up in your face, like they do with female nudity.
Overall the romantic feel of the movie makes it well worth watching it, just keep the tissues close you will need it at the end.