Hmmmmm

Rating: 6/10 (13 January 2006)

I went really excited at the prospect of seeing this movie. All the reviews were promising and I love to look at heath ledger. I came out faintly disappointed. The film is OK, but quite slow. The relationship between the two cowboys happens quite quickly and there is no evidence of any sexual tension prior to their first coupling. I think that if this film was not about two men falling in love and their lives etc, then no one would pay any attention to it. I just expected more to the story. The movie is based on a short story and that is quite evident as few of the "where something actually happens" (quite rare) scenes are ever played out to their full extent and could certainly be expanded on. To make room for this, scenes of heath ledger barely talking and Jake gyllenhall pouting could be trimmed dramatically (quite frequent).