Since this film is now 13 years old, it's safe to say that the lead actor, Thure Lindhardt, never made it big in America, if he even wanted to. That is a shame as he is very good and very charismatic in this. Actually, he's by far the primary reason for viewing it. It's about a long love relationship between two men that begins in NYC starting in 1998 and it's a sad one. Lindhardt's character falls in love with a guy named Paul, portrayed not terribly interestingly by Zachary Booth. He's not really bad, but it's a monotonous role in a somewhat monotonous relationship. To put it simply, it's about a man in love with a drug addict, Paul, and their ups and downs and Paul's ins and outs of rehab. There is nothing wrong with Lindhardt's performance, but there are some things wrong with the writing and the direction. It's not a bad film, but it's just nothing exceptional other than the lead performance, though Julianne Nicholson also does well as a lifelong friend of Eric. Given all that we witness, it should be a moving or touching film and it rarely is, but when it is, it all comes from Lindhardt.
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