Run of the mill love story

Rating: 5/10 (23 February 2009)

I believe this movie is overrated. My wife and I watched this together and agreed on this. I thought the characters were rather one dimensional, esp Heath Ledger who played such a dull bland character that I couldn't relate to him at all. As I watched this I tried to put aside the fact that the 2 main characters were Gay and watch it for what it was, a story of forbidden love. As such it has much in common with West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet. Sorry, but I've seen this theme done too many times and often better than it's presented here. It probably made a good short story but for a full length movie it really dragged on. I would have liked it a lot more if it ran for only an hour. In conclusion it's an OK love story that stands out only because the lovers were gay men.