That Is All

I would liken this film to a nut. It offers a surface - a look at a guy in a monotonous stage of life, ok, let's say boredom. But as the story unfolds, the shell cracks enough to give a glimpse into the true nature and desires of the main character - now, its up to you to use your fantasy or just to feel... For it is not certainly boredom that sets the plot and the main character's actions in motion... The cracks in the shell of the story are just big enough to perceive the true nature of the inner conflict between the true desire of the man and his outer need for social stereotype, well, If you want to take a peek! You can only wonder what will prevail... It's a worthwhile film, and I'll definitely return to again.

This is one of those rare films that tries to deal with the re-emergence of your sexual identity later in life. It centres around the increasingly disillusioned "Ryan" (Joel Ballanger) who meets up with a friend of a friend. "Sam" (Al Braatz) is openly gay and living what we feel to be the tail end of a long term relationship in which he is no longer really invested. It comes as quite a shock to his system for "Ryan" to find that his relationship with his new friend not only pushes his boundaries, but pretty much eradicates many of them altogether and his erstwhile straight life gradually changes. It's a slow burn, this - and that doesn't help it, neither do the annoyingly shifting timelines at the start which are a little confusing. That said, though, director Mark Weeden is trying to illustrate here via some admittedly rather weak acting that love isn't black and white nor straightforward, and there is actually very little one can do when the proverbial Cupid's arrow hits you and you have to deal with the consequences. It's fair to say that both men are pretty selfish. They are caught up in their own desires to the exclusion of many more meritorious of their respect if not their love and that, too, rather put me off as the story advanced along predictable lines. It's also far too long, with way too many lingering shots and establishing imagery that takes the pace off the film and leaves us with an all too meandering exercise in too much introspection. Still, it probably rings true for many an early thirty-something coming to terms with something relatively unexpected yet profound in their lives.

I Started to watch this movie and in the next 15 minutes Nothing really was happening except for a story of a straight group of friends having normal activities , but something that started to catch my attention was that time elapsed between scenes were abrupt and rapidly changing to another place and subject of that specific episode!

Regarding the story I can not complain because it is a real story about a gay guy who had an affair with a straight guy along with his current relationship and honestly that line story was the only interesting scene to watch where drama came back to both of them but the end once again was abrupt and living the audience thinking.. what really happened in the last minute of the film?

Overall, not a bad movie. It kind of meanders along and leaves you with the feeling the writer was trying to alert gay men to the pitfalls and heartaches associated with trying to have any sort of relationship with a man who identifies as straight. Heartache will ensue. If you want lots of sex and action, this film is not for you. If you are interested in exploring the human condition then press play.

This is a portrayal of the modern disconnect where people walk around in a cloud with no connections to life, everyone talks like they are in a cloud/fog. Wrapped up in a non-crisis, where life is so boring that minor points become the focus in their lives. A portrayal of tedious, Apathetic Canadians living in a big city with lives that won't be missed when their gone. Sad to think that this form of disconnect is becoming a social norm in our society today. Also smoking weed every few minutes of screenplay as a norm portrayal of life in Canada with our weed laws. A bunch of stoners in a weed paralysis state.