L'estate addosso

A decent film to watch with wonderful acting and scenery that curiously keeps its audience at a distance by presenting rathe bizarre choices of its characters in their rather unconvincing relationships with each other.

Part soap opera, part just silly, it's redeeming feature is presenting the central Gay couple as relatable, likeable and far from the usual Hollywood stereotypes.

With a less rambling and absurd storyline, with characters making more credible and logical choices, this could have been a very special film. As it is, it's a reasonably pleasant, if mindless, distraction.

The actors are all attractive eye candy which disguises their often stupid story-lines. Surely it can't be that hard to write story arcs that add too, rather that detract from, the viewers enjoyment.

I love a good summer movie, and in general the basic story here is solid, as is most of the acting, but the weak script and at times stilted direction negate each other and leave you with a basically OK film. My friend I saw it with really liked it and connected with it, but for me it was just pleasant and not particularly special.

There doesn't seem to be much interest in this film, perhaps the dreaded 'G' word kept people away. For the most part, the four friends live together temporarily without too much drama, but the interaction between the two gay guys, the straight laced virginal girl and the straight boy seems a little too tidy. I couldn't help wonder what gays made of this movie, with one of the two partners tempted by the female and the other lusting over the straight boy. A nicely developed friendship between the four with a melancholy ending.

From the opening scenes to the very end - I enjoyed every minute of this film. It gives one a warm fuzzy feeling. Beautifully shot, great sets, cool wardrobe. I wish I could be a part of features like this. Stories like these need to be told. I particularly enjoyed the coming out stories and the way the guys felt the first time they touched and kissed. Coming out is liberating and should be celebrated. Well done to the entire cast and crew - please make more films like these!

Marco and Maria are school mates from Italy, and vacation with a gay couple in San Francisco. Fun, cute, entertaining. Good quality editing, directing. good acting. Fun story line, treating gay couple with respect. They DO toy with the audience for quite a while to see if Marco or Maria will try the "gay life", since they make a big point of showing us how inexperienced they both are. If the gay guys live on the edge of Alamo Square, and own a SAILBOAT, the real estate agent must be selling a lot of million dollar homes! and one wants to quit his job. very understanding hubby. and what the ##$$ happened to the friend in Palo Alto who found them a place to stay? we never see him again after the first two minutes... did he croak when filming started? you'd think after flying to Amurrica, Marco and Maria would make the effort to go visit him. and who flies to Cuba for a day or two? I guess if you have the dough... Okay.. in spite of this, its cute and fun, and the whole point seems to be "enjoy you're summer vacation, whether or not it ends up going where you think it's going to go". Some missed connections. some lessons learned. Also called "L'estate Addosso". Good work from director Gabriele Muccino; he's been making films for 20 years now. Showing on netflix. Highly recommended!