Straight Story

Apparently yes as this movie plainly demonstrates. The intention of the filmmaker is obvious I think. As pointed out by several other reviewers, by inverting a situation where society - or rather the reactionary movement - condemns from a moral point of view a certain subculture, the film tries to establish the notion that morality - at least where sexual identity is concerned - is based upon a convention as arbitrary as the next. Which is smart. Unfortunately their chosen method to accomplish said goal is to present this fictional inverted world with all the ridicule they can master - and they do so admirably. I say unfortunately because ridicule is transfered back to the original institutions rather than validation been attributed to the subculture. So everything is invalid, tradition is ridiculous and, oh yeah, the subculture itself too - if it aspires to validation and recognition. And this argument finally transcends the rather dull debate of morality in sexually driven social institutions. I will go as far as saying that after this, every film created to promote homosexuality can officially be categorized as part of the reactionary movement too. Applause.

Well.......if u see this movie lightly it's a fun and weird film for what it was and what it tried to do for a change.....but if u see it seriously then it's the proof why humanity in general will never agree on this matter the movie is about. straights and gays.......there will always those who will support the others and always those who will call the others perverts and that's human nature. people of today forget that life isn't perfect. humans may all be.....humans but they are not the same nor all have same religion and beliefs about what is norm in this life and what's not. for example if u are a Christian u have no choice but to think the gays are sinners and perverts and they need to repent if they want to be saved by the lord. that's Christian beliefs especially if u are an orthodox or even a catholic. u can't be an orthodox Christian and at the same time to think that gays are normal. so only by this example someone can understand that as long as humans exist in this planet the dispute between gays and straights will never end. in my opinion what needs to be done is to allow all the humans no matter if they are "sexually normal" or not to have rights as much as possible in this life. whatever u do in your bed is your choice as long as u don't disturb your fellow human. thing is.......u can't have the same exactly advantages as a human the ....."normal" human does as for example if a gay person wants to be a Christian and marry his love interest in church the way the straights do this is forbidden by the church for the well known reasons and so by this act there is not a real equality no matter if today many states allow gays to be married out of the church and even to adopt children. there are always those who protest against this act and u can't blame them as this is their beliefs. so this is the answer to the other reviewer in this site for this movie when he talked about......."democracy".....and that "Greece is time to change too...etc..." in his view to be gay and do whatever also the straights do is...democracy.....he forgets that for others this is a sin and not.......democracy. when we people will understand this FACT OF LIFE then maybe our world will be in a better place. you can't force all people to share ONE VIEW at things.

Even though the idea is interesting (a society where the Gays are the majority and the straights are the exception), the implementation of this subject on the movie was awful. Characters without any cause of existence (the two fathers, the "funny" friend of the boy etc), a REALLY NAIVE plot, caricatures who scream all the time without knowing why (it is supposed to be funny in Greek movies), and a very bad approach lacking any comedy characteristic. I didn't laugh at all, and at the end of the movie I felt like an idiot (the end is VERY-VERY naive). At the pros of the movie I only add the photography and the good production. Don't see the movie and waste your time like I did.

I laughed the whole time while there was a tragic element into it. Like the old Greek tragedies. It was about time for someone to come out with a movie like this and remind a society like the Greek one that is time to wake up and be with the rest of the world. No wonder it was the best seller movie of the year, everyone went to see it including the closeted cases with their wives. A culture moves a step forward with bold moves like this like releasing such movies. The acting could have been better but the reality is this movie hit the nail in the had. Had the people talking about what is normal after all. Therefore this movie is groundbreaking, i highly recommend it. In Canada where i live gay coouples can marry, adopt children, go to the supermarket holding hands,talk to the kids' teacher and this is normal. It is time for Greece to move to that direction as well. A democratic society goes ahead not with the things that devides us, but with the things that unite us. Kudos to the ceators of the movie.

Despite its technical flaws, this is a daring and clever addition to contemporary Greek cinema. What I like about Straight Story is that there is no clear message other than what the viewer chooses to project onto the movie. Nevertheless, this film inevitably critiques the xenophobia and homophobia that underlies the new, supposedly more progressive Greek society. As a story, it has its narrative flaws, but I don't think that's the point of this film. The point is to critique certain aspects of Greek culture without getting too preachy, and also providing entertainment. Nevertheless, Straight Story has a unique narrative premise, and a twist at the end that might make you frustrated. For me, though, that frustration and disappointment is indicative of how far (or not) we have progressed as a Greek society.