Be Open To Yourself And Others

Rating: 8/10 (23 February 2018)

A really lovely film, and there's so much more to it than simple or personal feelings about the sexual orientations of others, and I also appreciated the heterosexual scenes too, which helped to balance the homosexual core of the film quite a bit, regardless of how one might feel about being gay, straight or bi.
And there were many other things that made this film a worthwhile experience, such as the beautiful music and references to great eighties bands like Talking Heads, and more modern and subtle references to Sufjan Stevens, for example.
As a heterosexual man, married with kids, I have had opportunities on the 'other side', but nothing that I chose to pursue or that excited me enough to take further, but why should others not be allowed to pursue their feelings if that's what makes them happy, no matter how fleeting? And I especially liked the motivational speech at the end of the movie, which suggested it's perfectly OK to go with your heart, and it's not necessary to become an old and spent misery that no-one will ultimately want to look at.
The film is about pursuing your dreams no matter what, in the knowledge that the world we live in is often dark, aggressive and hostile.
The film tells its own story and lets us know that events are sometimes beyond our control or expectations, and we should embrace these events with open hearts or let them go forever, to regret for the rest of our lives, and what I now perceive is if people were more open at certain points in their lives then they would be happier today because of it, as all of us would be through living an open and accepting life.
This film is not for everybody, runs a bit slow at times, but anything that makes us be ourselves and talk to each other is good.