More than that

Rating: 8/10 (24 April 2007)

This movie is not about gay cowboys. Yes the main characters (cowboys) depicted in this movie are gay, but that's not the point. It's about a love that is suppressed, by the community, by family but most of all by themselves too. Heath Ledger's character is pretty uncomfortably with his lover.
Which of course has to do with the story, that the parents reveal to Gyllenhall's character at the end. And Ang Lee knows how to capture all that. He had a little experience beforehand, when he did one cowboy movie (Ride with the Devil or something like that, you can look it up here at IMDb).
And although he doesn't show explicitly what the two cowboys do together (and I thank him for not doing so, I wouldn't want to watch that), the movie stirred up big discussions around the world ... and even when people rent this movie at a video club/store, they (guys) always say that it's for someone else, they wouldn't watch that! Yes it is difficult to watch men even being in love with each other, when you're straight (I know what I'm talking about here), but if you can see beyond that fact, you will see a wonderful movie, that deserves to be seen!