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Summary: Moved me to tears
Review: An amazing movie about a sculpture who builds a model gothic cathedral to get over the death of his father. Totally believable unique real gay men.
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Summary: The gay "Harold and Maude"--a stunner
Review: Deceptively low-key film about an oddball Midwestern gay couple, one of whom works a variety of temp jobs to supplement his "art," the other of whom picks up trash on the highway. Dishy friends, AIDS, and the building of a cathedral are only a few of the plot elements this film juggles with breathtaking dexterity, never wobbling in tone or focus up till the surprising ending. Technical credits are a little dicey at some moments, but film has an overall freshness that can't be disguised or replicated. A probable candidate for cultdom, would make a great double feature with Bill Sherwood's "Parting Glances." One of my favorite gay films of the 90's by a longshot.
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Summary: Worthy of a second look
Review: Despite the mixed reviews, I gave this movie a chance and ordered it a while back. Now, having seen it recently for the second time, I must say I really like this film. Its experimental qualities (face-to-camera narration, montage sequences, flashbacks, fade-to-black transitions) are more an homage to decades-past independent filmmaking than they are techniques to be taken totally seriously. What I like most about this film are the characters of Mark and Joey, who become sweetly endearing and lovable in their own off-beat sort of way. In the end, when Mark and Joey are at odds with themselves, while unwittingly trying to find their way back to each other (accompanied by a beautiful piano score, I might add), my heart longs for a satisfying ending and is not disappointed.
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Summary: an incredibly beautiful film - buy it
Review: i first saw this film in 1996 and it helped me come out. i saw it again this year and it's still as beautiful.the reason why i say buy this film is because it is one of the few times you will see a gay couple portrayed honestly, with dignity and without any of the scene frippery that seems to have to accompany most gay films. i won't tell you anything about the story line but will say that this is a rare portrait showing that men can love one another fiercely, tenderly and beautifully. by concentrating on the issues the two men are facing rather than their relationship together we get a truthful portrayal of our love and any political points are reserved for the wonderful political art made by one of the characters. i can't recommend this film strongly enough. it gave me something tangible to realise that men can love men beautifully before i came out and continues to sustain me now. truthfully, the warmest, most truthful gay film i have ever seen
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Summary: an incredibly beautiful film - buy it
Review: i first saw this film in 1996 and it helped me come out. i saw it again this year and it's still as beautiful. the reason why i say buy this film is because it is one of the few times you will see a gay couple portrayed honestly, with dignity and without any of the scene frippery that seems to have to accompany most gay films. i won't tell you anything about the story line but will say that this is a rare portrait showing that men can love one another fiercely, tenderly and beautifully. by concentrating on the issues the two men are facing rather than their relationship together we get a truthful portrayal of our love and any political points are reserved for the wonderful political art made by one of the characters. i can't recommend this film strongly enough. it gave me something tangible to realise that men can love men beautifully before i came out and continues to sustain me now. truthfully, the warmest, most truthful gay film i have ever seen
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Summary: World and Time Enough
Review: I thought the movie could have been just a little better than what it was. It was slow, long, and boring. The movie tired to present a nice theme of a one on one couple falling in love and staying faithfull to one another, but did a bad job of it. The movie, like almost other gay films, was centered around a HIV postive character. I am personally tired of gay movies with Hiv or AIDS sad being one of the main plot in films. There are more things in gay life other then HIV.
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Summary: World and Time Enough
Review: I thought the movie could have been just a little better than what it was. It was slow, long, and boring. The movie tired to present a nice theme of a one on one couple falling in love and staying faithfull to one another, but did a bad job of it. The movie, like almost other gay films, was centered around a HIV postive character. I am personally tired of gay movies with Hiv or AIDS sad being one of the main plot in films. There are more things in gay life other then HIV.
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Summary: After one viewing ...
Review: I'm writing this after having seen the film only once, so please take that into consideration. For some reason I had a very different idea of what the story was going to be about. Maybe because every review mentions that one of the characters is HIV+. The film was clearly made on a meager budget but it's a small story and isn't necessarily hurt by that. And the two leads are talented enough and attractive enough to be enjoyable to watch on their own. The problem for me was that the director-writer seemed to have no very clear idea of what he wanted to communicate. I had the impression that some of the events of this story were probably taken from real life because he seemed to think they would be emotionally resonant on their own. Maybe they were for him but they meant nothing to me. He leaps from one event to the next without accumulating much to the narrative, so it adds up to not very much. The main pleasure remains the two main characters and their love for each other. That they love each other is never really in doubt and never really in danger. But at least the director leaves it alone for the most part and so they hold you pleasantly engaged while he wanders all over the landscape.
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Summary: Dull
Review: Never have I a seen a gay movie with two more unsympathic characters. I didn't care if they lived or died! They were meant for each other. Both were losers. The artist hates the world and seemed to blame it for his misfortunes. The other was so sappy I wanted to barf. If there was a point to this movie, I completely missed it.
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Summary: Flawed but worthwhile
Review: One of the better independent films covering this subject matter, this is a likeable romantic drama. It's encouraging to see a same-gender couple shown in a believeable, matter-of-fact way. The two lead actors (straight in real life) give heartfelt performances, and the low budget actually works in the film's favor. The biggest flaw is the REALLY annoying narrator, who is a minor character anyway. So why have him introduce the story? But other critisisms of this film are trivial. True, Matt Guindry's character is sometimes infuriating in his self-righteous,I'm-A-Victim attitude, but there are many who are like him. Gregory Giles's character is too good to be true, but that's typical of movie romances. As for the leads being handsome, so what? If you're looking for an realistic same-gender romance, give this a try.
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