I'm glad I didn't see it on the big screen...

Rating: 5/10 (6 April 2006)

A finely directed and acted movie - I'll give it that. But this movie did not touch me emotionally. I neither felt compassion nor disgust, or anything else for the characters.
The acting was superb, there's no doubt about that. The cinematography was top notch.
However, it was missing the element that makes you walk away feeling something for the characters. No matter what genre of film, if I don't feel some sort of emotion after watching it, it's nothing more than a "story." Sorry, but this was one of those films for me. They hype "forbidden love" in all the materials, but I didn't "feel" that in the film. I not once felt that these guys were so in love they would do anything for each other.