Film Reviews by MD

Slow burner that packs a real mental health punch ?? at the end after starting in a breezy and attractive manner . Good performances from the young cast. Well worth a punt.

This is a terrible combo of soft-porn (without the porn), a rip-off of Genet's 'Un Chant D'amour', and a Mills and Boon romance. Zero erotic tension and embarrassingly bad acting. It reminded me of something and at the end I realised that the same basic idea is used in 'Great Freedom' , another more recent German prison movie from 2021 and the ending is too identical to be a coincidence. So maybe the director of the later film watched this in his hornier youth (bless) but thankfully turned out a near masterpiece of his own. Watch either of these other 2 movies which are both available on this site and leave this in the dustbin of history where it belongs.

Very gritty and convincing prison drama that shows how unexpected relationships can grow in the most inhospitable conditions. The final scene shows that the freedom gained by gay men like myself is obviously welcome but not necessarily a cure all for life's big problems of belonging and building a meaningful life. Zero restrictions on your behaviour are not a substitute for structure and groundedness. Great acting across the board.

A complete pile of doo doo. How in God's name they got the money ?? to make this tripe is beyond me.

There's obviously a lot of money for gay movies in Germany at the moment. In this underwhelming offering 2 bland, boring numpties drift round Berlin and reveal their narcissistic vacuity. I watched the short on the DVD from the same director which showed nothing of interest either so the main feature's lack of interest and imagination is no surprise. Quite honestly, as a gay man I have come to the conclusion that there are far too many gay movies being made at the moment and the overall quality has consequently plummeted. A lot of these directors have nothing new to say and are quite frankly getting money for old rope.

I don't normally bother to write reviews and I usually get something out of most things I watch.

But this is really one to avoid. Poor or nonexistent script, poor acting, hardly any structure. God knows how they managed to raise the money to make this in a poor country like Brazil.

Actually a lot of the Brazilian movies I have seen are a bit second-rate. The best one by far is 'The way he looks'. Argentinian films are way better on the whole.

This is a great film. More European than American with subtle, understated dialogue and really good performances from the cast. Needs to be watched at least twice and every time you see more little details in it. Beautiful to look at too with a slow pace that enables you to take everything in including the scenery.