touching and tasteful............excellent

Rating: 10/10 (9 March 2006)

I am not a homophobic, but i am a red blooded male and i entered the cinema scepticle as to how i would receive a film about homosexual love. What I found was a genuinely touching tale about forbidden love and the torment this had on two mens lives and the people around them. Ang Lee masterfully expressed the tension of the situation and extremely difficult scenes, such as the initial somewhat violent sex scene, with such taste, that at no point was it difficult to watch.
If you want to watch a film about forbidden love, and the lengths that homosexuals had to go to in the past (and possibly to some degree in the present) then watch this film. Even if you don't want to watch this film because you think the content may offend or upset you.....watch this film.
It will open your eyes.