Adventures of Felix

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Summary: depth without being 'gay' but rather homosexual
Review: I bought this dvd as a pig in a poke. I loved it. The main character is not only very handsome but has some depth. The movie relates his experiences in life in general and they all add up to making Felix a human being who is in touch with people and not just a homosexual limited to 'gay' circles.I highly recommend the movie

Rating:
Summary: depth without being 'gay' but rather homosexual
Review: I bought this dvd as a pig in a poke. I loved it. The main character is not only very handsome but has some depth. The movie relates his experiences in life in general and they all add up to making Felix a human being who is in touch with people and not just a homosexual limited to 'gay' circles.I highly recommend the movie

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Summary: Entertaining and unpredictable
Review: I can count on the fingers of one hand the gay-themed films I would watch more than once -- most of them are either catty sit-coms stretched out over two insufferable hours, or they're an excuse for badly acted soft-core porn. "The Adventures of Felix," bad title notwithstanding, is a pleasant surprise featuring normal, well-adjusted and attractive (in a real, non-Hollywood way) men. It's a picaresque saga of a young man hitchhiking from Normandy to Marseilles and the encounters he has along the way: some pleasant, some not, but all very real and surprising. There is one preposterous coincidence near the end of the film, but by then you're hooked on the characters' charm. My favorite gay film, with the possible exception of "Wild Reeds."

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Summary: A waste of time
Review: I found this movie to be extremely dull. While the casual, sensual way that gay love was portrayed was nice, it didn't make up for the lack of a plot line, listless banter, and stupid ending. Save your time and money and buy something else.

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Summary: Fantastic movie
Review: I love this truly heatwarming movie. I place the Adventures of Felix along side some of my favorite "gay-themed" movies--those being: Lilies, Beautiful Thing, Maurice, Alive and Kicking, Dona Herlinda and her Son, My Beautiful Laundrete and I Think I Do.
This movie shows that a person's acquantances and/or friends can turn out to be family--something that gay people have known for ever.

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Summary: Pleasant Film Indeed about Normally Adjusted Gay Male
Review: I saw this at an alternative cinema and am only now buying it in DVD to have. Felix decides to take a brief trip away from his boyfriend to search for his long-lost father in the south of France (Marseille). Along the way he comes across people that he fits into the category of relative: my sister, my little brother, etc. It is a simple story, but one that the French and, with few exceptions, only the French, do so well. You will like Felix the person, laugh at his adventures, recognize his virtues and his faults, and be astounded with the mystery of life by the end of the movie. Highly recommended if this is your thing. Even a straight person not into gay cinema (i.e., 99.99% of straight people) would find it an amusing French slice-of-life and not egregriously scandalous from a sexual nature.

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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I wish American Filmakers could make movies like this. A sweet, honest and often funny sweet slice of life with no pretensions. The cinematography is beautiful, the characters feel like real people and there is gentleness and a real love for life portrayed in each scene. And let's not forget the sexy causal way gay sex is dealt with. Vive Felix!

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Summary: Just OK
Review: If you have travelled around France and enjoy the scenery this movie will take you back and you can appreciate the countryside. Other than that it wasn't that special at all, so if you are expecting a movie to "wow" you, skip this one. The picture on the front makes it seem that this could be an interesting movie, but in reality the story line is pretty boring and could have been developed further. The intention was good but those unrealistic encounters along his travels just do not make sense. OK to rent for home viewing - don't waste your money on owning this one.

Rating:
Summary: Just OK
Review: If you have travelled around France and enjoy the scenery this movie will take you back and you can appreciate the countryside. Other than that it wasn't that special at all, so if you are expecting a movie to "wow" you, skip this one. The picture on the front makes it seem that this could be an interesting movie, but in reality the story line is pretty boring and could have been developed further. The intention was good but those unrealistic encounters along his travels just do not make sense. OK to rent for home viewing - don't waste your money on owning this one.

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Summary: one man's journey
Review: In my opinion this film is all about one man's journey across France in the 90s. It is a singular look at one man's experiences with being gay, Arab and HIV+ against the backdrop of a "family" made of up of people he meets along the way.
His character is interesting, annoying and charming in a way that most scripts would never dare to portray. And though the script is flawed, it is funny and shows France as it is at the moment, and that is not just about Paris! Each of his "family" are like archetypes of modern French people e.g. the spoiled student looking for thrills, the old women with memories of the old French Empire, the Parisian leftist professor boyfriend etc.
It is not a perfect story but very good and quite diverting.
However, if you're looking for cheap thrills, don't let the box cover fool you. That scene is good but not indicative of the whole movie.