It's not all that good...

Rating: 7/10 (27 February 2006)

Of course Brokeback Mountain is not a bad movie. The actors play their parts extremely good and the scenery is breathtaking. But what about the story? I imagine that Americans are not used to films about the love between two men, but in Europe and especially in the Netherlands it's no big deal at all. If these so-called controversial aspects are set aside the entire film is in my opinion nothing more than a fairly one-dimensional story. The are no - or hardly any - changes in plot, the characters remain gloomy from the beginning tot the end. There are no surprises whatsoever. From the beginning the viewer knows that the love between the two is doomed. And that's it mainly. A good movie, but not a master peace. So it will win a lot of Oscars!
Wim Kunst, Assen (The Netherlands)