Utterly fantastic

Rating: 10/10 (15 January 2006)

When my best mate asked me to go and see this film, to be honest I wasn't all that bothered. When we got there the cinema was packed, it was very hard to find seats, but when we left many people had already left the cinema and I heard a woman complaining behind me that she could have bought a parmo with the money she had spent on seeing this film. Even my best friend was not all that keen. But me, well..... What can I say, I was speechless. What an utterly fantastic piece of cinema. The performances by the two lads were unfaultable, far better than anything that I have seen in years. The story-line really got to me though. For me this wasn't a film about two gay men, it was about love, about wanting to be with someone who you know is against everything you have been led to believe. It is about passion, friendship, and most of all, it was about how you choose to lead your life. I think what got me was that it brought to my mind the meaning of life, and what it is there for. The question the film posed was whether or not to lead a conventional life or to be who you need to be in order to be happy, damning the consequences. I was seriously touched by this film, especially by the tender scenes played by the two actors. Gyllenhaal made me shed a few tears at his amazing performance. It was fantastic the way the complexity of their emotions, the way in which there was love and also violence. To me, this was a portrayal of human emotion of the deepest kind.
The lads need to be praised and supported for their outstanding performances. People need to open their mind in order to see this film, and believe me if you do that, you won't be disappointed.
I just hope one day I find a love as deep as that.
Gyllenhaal touched my heart.
Good on you lads