Flat acting and slow story

Rating: 3/10 (6 January 2006)

What a major disappointment. With all the glowing reviews, I was expecting a truly entertaining and emotional movie. What I got was a long, boring and poorly acted story. Health Ledger was trying too hard to be a tough cowboy with a southern accent. He ended up sounding and looking like a stroke victim. Jake G. had no emotion or expression on his face. As far as the story goes, the first 45 minutes was more about showing sheep and mountains then developing the characters. There was no glancing or emotional stares... just all of a sudden sex. Add to this the fact that the movie spans 20 years and you don't realize how much time has gone by from scene to scene until you see their children growing up. If this is being hailed as a great gay movie, I would hate to see a bad one.