Uncle David

We look to cure the ills of the third world and this film represents the dislocation of people and norms within our own society. And we do nothing about it! I found this story horrifying yet compelling to watch as their dislocation at many levels is viewed from a sometimes close and other times distant perspective. I loved the simplicity yet haunting look at these characters. innocence and hurt, caring and giving, and sacrifice. For a extremely low budget film, I thought the acting was great, especially Ashley, who and I do not know how convinced me of his innocence. All in all a disturbing film and an indictment of our society, even the manicured and fenced caravan park shows us as being outside our environment and displaced from the world.

This is not a comedy, not a horror and not a thriller, let's get that out of the way.

It's a dark love story of astonishing honesty and beauty and one of the finest films I've seen in recent years.

It's uncompromisingly honest in a truly refreshing way with incredibly nuanced and powerful performances by David Hoyle and Ashley Stryder.

The settings and cinematography are excellent, as is the original score and songs.

This is a film that doesn't tell you how to think or feel about it... it creates a web of emotions and possible interpretations that are perhaps more beautiful left unresolved.

Despite the story arc, my strongest impression was of the joy of simple pleasures.

I absolutely loved it.

If you are aware of the work of David Hoyle then you'll understand that a David Hoyle movie is probably going to be unlike most other movies. And it is.

It's not an exhilarating experience, but it's meditative, extremely funny, apocalyptic (in a personal sense) and occasionally disturbing. It's a small, intimate film, there are only two people on the screen for the majority of the running time, other people in this story hardly matter and are figures in the background. But the ideas are vast.

I loved it, but then I'm a fan of Mr.Hoyle's work and wasn't expecting a conventional film. And I didn't get one, but that's fine by me.

I've seen plenty of gay-themed movie and I am a gay man and this was absolutely one of the worst (I say "one of" to be kind but I honestly can't remember a worse movie.) Some of the dialogue is inaudible due to poor sound quality (e.g. they're talking over the sound of airplanes but the airplanes are louder.) There is very little plot and no story line to follow. No beautiful scenes. Nothing. No redeeming qualities at all. The premise of a gay man interested in his nephew might have been developed into something but it is not. The two men are just that: two men trying to make a living by making a low budget piece of crap that maybe some desperate gay film festies will use as filler. Don't even waste your time!

There are moments when this film seems to have a story and destination, but Ashley Ryder, porn performer, was obviously cast for his physical appeal, not acting ability.

The story and film are lurid and puerile. Down-and-dirty film-making can be seriously brilliant (Tangerine) or shockingly poor and self-indulgent, as is this film.