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Odd review history here. First there are nothing but wonderful reviews followed by nothing but terrible reviews. Don't know what that means, but it seems peculiar. This is an intelligent, very slow moving film concentrating on the lives of two gay men, though one is obviously bi-sexual, that you know are going to come together for a love story, but it takes one hour for these two to meet in a one hour and twenty minute film. However, what saves it is that their individual stories are interesting and bit unusually similar. Both are nice guys still connected with their ex's. One with his ex-wife who still care and need each other as they were best friends prior to trying marriage and remain that way, along with together raising a young daughter. And the other with his ex-boyfriend who wants to get out of a small town in Texas, which I would think understandable, but the other doesn't. For a film with so many nice people, not many seem very happy with their lives. The acting is good by the four principles (I particularly liked Bill Heck & Bailey Bass) and it's a decent film, but you have to like film as even at this short a length there are many scenes in which nothing of significance occurs.

This film throws traditional screenplay structure out the window which at first makes one wait for major plot developments, but in the process it draws you into the lives of many different characters who are just trying to get by in their unsatisfying small town lives.

That in itself becomes compelling in its own compassionate, poetic way. The performances are all outstanding and one really feels for each of the leading and supporting characters as their stories unfold.

There's a sad kindness in the way the stories unfold, and the film becomes a broad portrait of gay life in small town Texas. If you take the film on its own terms, it blossoms in a way that you seldom see in most movies, gay or otherwise.

Pit Stop is a wonderful new film from director Yen Tan. It is the story of two mid-thirtyish gay men, Gabe and Ernesto, living separate but not totally dissimilar low key working class lives in the same Texan small town. Separately each man is yearning for love and emotional fulfillment while respectively struggling with his daily life and relationships. The focus is on Gabe and Ernesto but everyone in the film is a real person with a story to tell. All are portrayed in a thoughtful and empathetic way with no one casually discarded for the sake of storytelling expediency. This is a true character study of people finding their way in life and love and one cares about what will happen to them.

Gabe is divorced but trying to sustain his family for the sake of his young daughter. He has recently been rejected by a male lover who is married and now moved away. Ernesto is trying to end a two year relationship that has fallen apart and has no future. At the same time he is dutifully visiting a previous lover who lies comatose in a convalescent home following a car accident. Both men want more but their personal situations and the small town environment constrain them from being who they are and achieving the love and intimacy they long for and deserve. Both men still want to be wanted.

The film is beautifully made and the ensemble cast, led by Bill Heck as Gabe and Marcus DeAnda as Ernesto, is top notch. Pit Stop is a moving film that deserves a wide audience. Fans of Tan's earlier film, Ciao, will particularly like Pit Stop.

2013. Living with someone solely for convenience is never an ideal situation, but sometimes it's a solution of necessity. Two such men meet up. Gabe lives with his ex wife and daughter. Ernesto still lives with his ex boyfriend. They each try to find ways to cope with their loneliness and difficulties. Can they make that special connection, or was it just a passing thing? An being gay is extra tricky in this part of the country. It starts kind of slow. Lots of long pauses. It's pretty good. Nothing too new here, but it's very well told and filmed. Directed by yen tan. Seems to be someone's actual story.

The film is predictable, slow, badly written, and really pointless. It has nothing original to say and most of the plot is either unbelievable or contrived. It contains many v e r y long silences and the action could have been speeded along in many easy ways. It is a very unprofessional effort that won't go down in any history of LGBT movie-making. I spent the whole film waiting for something dramatic to happen, or at least to get painlessly to the next scene. I have the impression that the writers just had no idea where they were going - as if their premise was 'two lonely guys find love'. That's just not enough. Everything, even the movements, are slow. They could easily have edited out over half the film and the essential storyline would remain intact. A film like this can only win prizes if there the competition is even worse... which just makes you feel sorry for LGBT juries everywhere.

Small quiet film about a few gay men in a small town in Texas. Each of their stories, some totally unrelated, until Gabe and Ernesto meet. Excellent quiet plain talk movie. Real people problems and lives all at the same time, but overwhelming, a few stories that end in one.

If you want 'young' gays from big cities, big gay communities, stereotypes, lots or any sex scenes = ACTION, clichés, hot handsome 'model's, then this is not a film for you.

If you want real people out there in the small towns that live real lives in a different place, real REAL conversations, situations, relationships, etc., Not a soundtrack from beginning to end of House Beat "Gay" music, then you could consider trying this movie.

The director, Yen Tan, should be a giveaway to a style of film. NOT Hollywood, Not gay films for the young and horny, but a film about real people, other people, etc.

For this type or style of movie, this one is great!

I suppose, the perspective about homosexual relations represents the main virtue of this real interesting film. It is not a demonstration, a manifesto, a melodrama or the heartbreaking self definition of gay life in terrible society.

It is easy to see it as a gallery of portraits of ordinary people and their lives, options, relations. It is a film about romance and family and dilemmas. But its good point is the honesty of vision of every day realities .

Maybe not impressive, obvious not memorable. But in its way, courageous. In short, in Texas, few men and their lives , stories and their romances . And , sure, their answers to life .

This film seems to have had no script, but instead, was made up as it being filmed! The actors mumble a lot, the dialog is sparse and the editing has no continuity whatsoever. Basically, it's unwatchable!

This movie is slow-paced and not very eventful, I believe it's value comes from the emotion of the performances and unabashed realism of the story. Probably not for everyone but I love this movie. Made me feel seen.

This is just another example of why America is light-years behind other countries when it comes to queer cinema.

I am (almost) at a loss for words when I see all the high score reviews here, and agree much more with my companions in the one-to-five star category. Have these people rating it with nine or 10 stars not seen a gay-themed movie before?

I coughed up three stars as I did enjoy the performances of the two male leads in what little was thrown to them (and please don't accuse me of not being familiar with the scenario and territory, as my work did take me to Texas for a while in the late-1980s).

I am currently putting together a small library of queer cinema for a young friend. Of the eight titles I've gotten for him to date only one is American ("Shelter"). The others are from Brazil, Argentina, France, and the UK.

I live in Central Europe and perhaps have access to a wider selection of the latest, and am pleased to see that gay films are now coming from rather unexpected countries such as Poland, Hungary, and Denmark. What I've seen of them so far, they uniformly have better screen plays, actors, and production values than most of what comes out of the USA, even the rare occasions when big name Hollywood actors and directors take a stab at playing gay for pay.

As good as "Brokeback Mountain" is, it is far surpassed by the glorious "God's Own Country" from the UK (where it was nominated for BAFTA awards for Best Picture and Best Actor), and even "Call Me By Your Name" almost takes its inspiration from Marco Berger's 2013 "Hawaii," perhaps the most lushly romantic, breathtaking gay film ever made. (Berger is a genius and his entire oeuvre deserves to be seen.)

Finally, can someone explain the title to me? To the best of my knowledge, a pit stop is a term in auto racing when a driver leaves the track for quick repairs (such as a change of tyres) and technical assessment. It is also, I believe, an American euphemism for using the toilet.

I find the latter use of the term more applicable for this sad, lacklustre affair.

Plodding and dull. Just when the movie begins to gain momentum and an actual story begins, the credits roll. The film feels like a prequel or a prologue to the intended movie.

I don't know... this film wasn't for me. Nothing really that substantial happened, practically at all. It just seemed a little too bland. In a weird way it felt like it was trying to be another Brokeback Mountain, but it was just missing far too much for it to become anything.

You follow th life of two broken hearted men, Gabe and Ernesto, who live in the same town, go to the same places and work 100 ft away without even knowing each other.

It may seem a little still at the beginning and by the trailer you might expect it to progress into a much more sexualized interaction between characters, but it turns out to be a nice romantic drama, which was a nice surprise.

It's not one of those "instant love" movies in which two people meet, fall madly in love and ride in a white horse to the horizon, it's a bit deeper than that, showing you about how you can "move on" how and when you least expect it.

I recommend it.

The only thing one can say about this movie is WHY? What a waste of time and film. We see several dreary people and get a glimpse into a tiny slice of their dreary little lives. Most of the men in the film are too lazy to shave, and there are absolutely NO attractive people at all.