Love story between two farm hands in the great outdoors

Rating: 5/10 (1 February 2006)

I had seen the rave reviews for this movie and was really looking forward to seeing it. But Oh Dear Me, what was all the fuss about. I kept waiting for the "real movie" to start. I saw the beautiful scenery, I saw both of the good looking male leads. I grasped the storyline before I even went in to the cinema. But the movie just didn't start for me. Maybe thirty or forty years ago the story would have been shocking, I could have watched in then and marvelled at the bold story line. However in 2006 it just seemed lame, the film seemed to rely too much on shots of massed sheep and the rolling hills. I wanted to see the relationship between the two men develop more fully, I wanted to see the tender moments, the secret looks. I wanted to see two people in love, but unfortunately it just seemed so disjointed and I left the cinema feeling somehow cheated. What could have been a great movie was simply an OK movie.