Review: A different take on recovery
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 26, 2012
What a heartwarming story about love and recovery. Alex is a woman with a dark history of sexual abuse and Matthew and Steve are a gay couple with whom she moves in - Steve is slowly dying of AIDS, Matthew is his extremely handsome partner.Alex doesn't like for men to touch her; she's never had a boyfriend and she dresses like a schlump to discourage male interest. Matthew has always been drop-dead gorgeous and never cared; in fact he doesn't like being of interest to anyone mostly because of his looks. Steve is a very deep, spiritual person who explains what a 'soul bearer' is to Alex.While living with the couple Alex realizes she has to face up to her issues with men and the terrible wrong done to her; she'd like to learn to love but doesn't know how. How she accomplishes that is one of the most interesting takes on recovery that I've ever seen; let's just say it's pretty unorthodox. And also quite touching.Grab the hankies; this is a three-Kleenex story!I think this would make for a very provocative movie...