In these days, we can hardly find such good and well structured films. I really enjoyed watching this movie. All the characters played very well, the soundtracks were completely chosen wisely as according to the scenes perfectly. Besides, the scenario and screen play were written simple but could show the deep meanings as well.
In the end, hope you enjoy watching this film like me. Thanks to all the persons dealing with making such a good film.
it wuz otay...nuttin 2 cry home bout
Werd 2 ur mudda, bruddafcker
I dunno, the movie was pretty dull overall, didn't capture anything from the book
shareIt is kind of dull and the lead actor has ni charisma.
shareTrue the movie can be depressing. And Toby plays depression very well..yet he felt like a very old soul in a pretty body. I liked how this wasn't about sexual things. Instead, I felt it captured that moment..when we all feel we are full of wisdom as we come to this age. Thinking, we'll never make the mistakes our parents made. Of course, most of us chunk this way of feeling once we get to college on our own..and maybe James Speck did too.
shareThis movie was awful.
shareActually, I thought this was a decent and slightly quirky movie until the end. It annoyed me there was such a sudden change in personality for James in the end - this forced optimism. I preferred the more cynical and reserved James.
And, no, I'm not emo or anything.
You're right, that's the one bit that seemed out of line. But if you accept the idea that he doesn't have personality disorder, and rather it's his bizarre circumstances & constantly being told how depressed he is that makes him that way, it makes sense that he would emerge from it after he is able to get it all out. I didn't read the book so I don't know if that was the point, but that explanation works for me.
shareThe film, in spite some moments of forced farce, is more than OK, if a bit rosy.
Very "general audience".
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I also thought it was quite good. The acting is superb, and although the movie really goes nowhere in terms of plot, it does movingly trace the development of this wealthy, privileged young man's understanding of his desires.
James's anomie--because I don't really think it's depression so much as a desire to find his place, the right place for him in the world--really has no easy, pre-set solution. Part of it is his queerness, which needs an outlet, but though he's young it's clear the conventional, mainstream LGBT world may not suit him. (The prank with John feeds into this.) Part of it is a clarity about the difficulties of love that has shaded into cynicism and negativity (His "old soul" attitudes are a symptom of this.)
Finding his own spot in the world, therefore, isn't going to be easy. When James apologizes to John (my God, Gilbert Owuor, the actor playing John, is beautiful!), it's clear he's starting to come to terms with who he is, and John's directive that he grow up is something he realizes he has to do.
When he finds his beloved grandmother Nanette dead, and the gift she left for him, he truly grows up. "To Nanette, and to life," he says when he's celebrating with his mother and sister, and he really does choose life.
All in all, a smart, charming, well-made, and moving film.