If you watched and followed gay themed films over the years, you should know the story of a triangle relationship of a man, his wife and his male lover is very common, starting from the classics such as Victim (1961).
In the past, the set up would have had bit of shock and titillating value. In the present time when the discussion of sexuality is plain out there, revisit to the same set-up should offer something new, one would hope - I don't think 'My Policeman' does that unless you have not watched any of the old films or had no idea how repressive it used to be for gays. 'Victim' in 1961 was daring; 'My Policeman' in 2022 is nothing much more than a reminiscent.
I hoped it at least bring deep human emotions and drama, but it didn't even do that for me. Considering it's largely a relationship drama, the biggest weakness of 'My Policeman' as I see it is the lack of true interaction and chemistry between characters. Now, the 3 main characters are not particularly likable to begin with. One could say they're human, but all of them are pretty selfish and lack of consideration for others despite their claim for love for each other. In that case, what could have kept the drama interesting would be deep emotional interactions... and that's what's precisely missing here.
The older versions of the 3 characters are really rather flat and boring. The younger versions are charming in their own rights, but each does just their own things. I don't see any of the character fundamentally change and develop BY the interaction with others. There are plenty of passion and angst, but they all feel isolated. I'm not sure if it's the direction or the chemistry between actors to blame, but considering both the older and younger characters falling flat, I suspect it was the issue with the director and overall production.
It's by all means not a bad movie. It's all around adequate. It just doesn't bring anything new or interesting on the table.
In the past, the set up would have had bit of shock and titillating value. In the present time when the discussion of sexuality is plain out there, revisit to the same set-up should offer something new, one would hope - I don't think 'My Policeman' does that unless you have not watched any of the old films or had no idea how repressive it used to be for gays. 'Victim' in 1961 was daring; 'My Policeman' in 2022 is nothing much more than a reminiscent.
I hoped it at least bring deep human emotions and drama, but it didn't even do that for me. Considering it's largely a relationship drama, the biggest weakness of 'My Policeman' as I see it is the lack of true interaction and chemistry between characters. Now, the 3 main characters are not particularly likable to begin with. One could say they're human, but all of them are pretty selfish and lack of consideration for others despite their claim for love for each other. In that case, what could have kept the drama interesting would be deep emotional interactions... and that's what's precisely missing here.
The older versions of the 3 characters are really rather flat and boring. The younger versions are charming in their own rights, but each does just their own things. I don't see any of the character fundamentally change and develop BY the interaction with others. There are plenty of passion and angst, but they all feel isolated. I'm not sure if it's the direction or the chemistry between actors to blame, but considering both the older and younger characters falling flat, I suspect it was the issue with the director and overall production.
It's by all means not a bad movie. It's all around adequate. It just doesn't bring anything new or interesting on the table.