Boy Meets Boy

We've seen similar movies like it before but it's still enjoyable because of its great screenplay, it has beautiful deep dialogues and tackles many interesting topics. Performances are very good and the chemistry between the leads is so likable. It's a simple yet sensational well crafted movie.

This movie is clearly influenced by before sunrise and call me by your name but unfortunately that doesn't make the movie good! The conversations although realistic(I've had multiple conversations like the ones in the movie with complete strangers) are very boring. So that makes the script boring. It's very sad because before sunrise and cmbyn are two of my favourite movies and in my opinion they are both a 10 in their genres and I thought that a movie that has taken parts from these movies would be at least watchable but no. I cringed throughout the whole thing. Very superficial characters, with superficial points of views and when the movie is over at last instead of thinking about all the topics introduced you are left wondering if there was any point to get at all. What can I say maybe I missed it!

PS also what the hell is going on with the character that is supposed to be a dancer? The actor clearly cannot dance to save his life, I laughed throughout the opening scene! Why didn't anyone think to hire a body double?

This movie is very similar to Before Sunrise, but it doesn't make the movie good. The dialogs are unconvincing, and the actors' decisions are unconvincing. I find the story rather pointless, and the film boring.

After sharing a kiss while inside a 24-hour dance club, Berliner Johannes and weekend visitor Harry meet outside, and Johannes offers to show Harry around, on Harry's last day in town. In between various incidents, they explore their pasts, their dreams, and their divergent life philosophies, even if they both enjoy dancing in a music booth to an instrumental Ode to Joy..

This film reminds me of Paris: 05:59: Theo and Hugo, except that it is 2/3rd the length, and the incidents more random, so it gets a lower rating. I did like the double bookends: the (ironically selected) song Please Don't Go for the opening dance sequence and final credits, and within that the bathroom scenes.

I was very happy to see this in digital format, at the Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ film festival. Not only could I rewind / re-view, but I turned on the optional extra subtitles (for when Johannes was not speaking German) and found out more of what was going on. By also paying close attention to the end credits, I finally figured out Harry's opening scene.

It is easy to figure out why this movie is so bad. It is not about acting (which was surprisingly very good), nor is it about its intention to bring to the front some really important issues faced by the gay communities around the world. It is about the storyline or, better, the lack of it. There was nothing to keep you interested, there was no feeling, no mystery, no romance, nothing. Just plain boredom.