Buffering

i found this film at a festival in Gran Canaria (where it won best script) and it was a great combination of comedy and drama with a blistering soundtrack and great performances.

Some funny lines and some moments of emotion...

All in all - good fun.

A young gay couple (Seb & Aaron) have overspent on their credit cards and have bills stacking up. One of them(Aaron) decides to sell their sex life online without telling the other one that he's secretly filming them. The money starts to pour in until he gets caught! Realising that their troubles are being "paid off by getting laid" Seb agrees to carry on until their back in the black. When their friend Jem turns up and suggests they introduce a third to really take them over the top things get dicey in their relationship...a wise "sex shop owner" counsels them both individually to make the right choices - be it choosing between Viagra or cialis (the blue pill or the orange) or choosing love over money or a threesome..!

Feel compelled to write this film up after seeing it at a local screening. Taking one of the classic plot lines of financial adversity and marital tensions this story updates the well travelled paths of Full Monty and Calendar girls with a nice twist on contemporary fascination and technology - namely porn and the internet.

I fully bought into the relationship angst of our two leads and loved the conceit of the credit crunch backdrop. Clever - and marks this narrative out to be viewed as a fitting record to where we are and how we get out of the mess - well some anyway. That the couple in question are gay is irrelevant - they could have been straight and the story would have still worked.

Both touching and comedic in equal measure I laughed and nearly cried with the pathos of some scenes.

Wonderfully edited, good cast, lovely turns from a wonderful sage sex shop owner, nicely written and well directed I am in awe that this film was made for £30,000.

This is a great film for all audiences. Thoroughly recommend this film. Sexy but chaste given the thrust of the narrative ...no pun intended.

I'm not sure I saw the same film as the other reviewer, but this one had problems. A lot was accomplished with a small budget, and while the film was competently made, it needed a LOT of tightening. There are endless repetitive scenes that I think were intended to build tension but instead had me screaming "get on with it!" at my screen.

Also, the introduction of a non-homonormative element was abrupt and didn't really make any sense, and a lot of the plot was driven by clichés, many of which just don't ring true at all.

I give it 4 stars because I wish I hadn't watched it and instead spent the time on a better movie, or maybe sleeping.

This film is about a couple who resorts to making homemade online porn to pay off mounting debt.

"Buffering" is a surprisingly well made film. If it has a low budget, it certainly does not show. Maybe the plentiful product placements (which does not feel contrived by the way) helped contributing to production costs. I really like the portrayal of the couple, they are realistic and convincing! They have to make ends meet, just like any ordinary real life couples. How their relationship changes as the pressure increases is also well depicted. Though the plot has a lot of clichés, especially involving the female best friend, I still find "Buffering" very enjoyable.

Buffering, a British comedy with a gay twist as a pair of gay males both become unemployed and are facing mounting bills. As they're both a pair of attractive lads Alex Anthony and Conner McKenzy decide that a lot of people would pay to see these two going at it carnally. It gives a new twist to the term 'gay for pay'.

They've even got a friend Jessica Matthews who is going through her own sexual self awakening, thinking she's possibly transgender. But she also has some marketing ideas and even suggests that they make it a three way. In fact both Anthony and McKenzy have been checking out their hunky next door neighbor Oliver Park and as he says he might not be gay, but he certainly is 'progressive'.

Buffering even for its admittedly low budget since about 3/4 of the action takes place in one apartment has some amusing moments. The players in the ensemble cast are bright and attractive. I'd recommend this to a gay and 'progressive' audience.