Ticker

Iris Prize: Best British Shorts - Ticker (2023) -

Well, regardless of the fact that the film was well edited, filmed and performed, I felt that it was pretty pointless in general.

It didn't really show the love between the two leading characters and actually seemed to suggest that they weren't that close at all. I supposed that the idea was that they had fallen in to a rut, but if you're taking a loved one to hospital you get over it all, do what needs to be done and show them how much they mean to you.

I did appreciate the fact that it was an LGBTQ representation of two older men who weren't taking drugs and clubbing every night for a change. Almost a suggestion of 'God's Own Country' (2017) what if, 40 years later.

As a fan of 'Queer As Folk' (1999) I did appreciate the casting of Howard played by Paul Copley because he had been such a homophobe in that series that it was almost as if he had redeemed himself in this one and again it could have been his character of Nathan's Dad years later after realising that it was okay to be gay himself.

I wouldn't rush back to see this one again or be able to recommend it because there just wasn't enough to it.

449.89/1000.