Truly average

Rating: 5/10 (4 May 2006)

I was so looking forward to this film, having not had the opportunity to see it at the cinema. It one Oscars and Baftas, so my thinking was that it would be truly excellent. How very disappointed I was. It truly is a most average and mundane film. None of the characters could I get very much sympathy, so I was not very interested in what did happen to them. But, that's OK because nothing really did happen to them. Jake Gyllenhall was good but has done better. Heath Ledger was terrible- at times it is virtually impossible to understand what he is saying, as he mumbles just about every sentence he has to speak. The really disappointing thing is that it fails completely to address any of the issues these men have about being gay> it makes no statement, it has no opinion. All you really get is the Wyoming and Texas scenery, which looks about as damp and cold as the film.