Wasp

Tedious to watch. Beautiful scenery. Three is always a crowd when a couple is involved. Woman is judgemental, presumptuous and obnoxious. Behavior was appalling. Fresh out of a broken relationship, she assumes too much out of need as opposed to acting on genuine intuition, asserting herself in territory where she does not belong. She is so obviously frustrated sexually and dealing with pain, but stay out of other people's lives. James was well intentioned, but it was a mistake to invite her. Oliver is almost as bad as she is. The film is drawn out. It is like watching 3 30 year olds acting like 13.

This film tells the story of a gay couple who goes to Southern France for a holiday. They invite a female friend who just broke up with his boyfriend, thinking it would be a nice thing to do. However, things turn sour because of unexpected sexual undercurrents between them.

The low budget really shows in the film, despite the beautiful setting. There are only three stars, which is a challenge to make their interactions interesting and captivating. Unfortunately, I see little chemistry between them, and I am not seeing why there is attraction between the characters which causes the undercurrents.

As independent gay cinema goes, "Wasp" is a nice effort. With a bit more budget, the film would be even better.

James and Olivier are going to stay in Olivier's south of France country home for a romantic holiday. Caroline is a friend of James's and has just been dumped by her boyfriend and James being a thoroughly nice bloke – invites her along only quelle horreur she accepts!

Once they start to kill time enjoying themselves it soon becomes obvious that Caroline is having an effect on the pairs relationship and as the French summer slowly and languorously ebbs past so too the shifting emotions of the three start to change.

Now this is an independent film and the only characters are the three aforementioned ones. However, it does not suffer for it. It is well acted and filmed with only a few moments where I felt the scene added not very much or indeed went on a bit too long. That said the overall effect is of a confident and well made indie effort that actually does credit for all involved.

A beautiful and vast southern French setting, three beautiful young people, and a most comfortable french country house. Something bad is sure to happen. Suspicion and deceit eventually comes to the surface.

If you just leave a Wasp alone it won't sting you! But here in WASP James, Caroline, and Oliver are so driven to test and challenge each others mind eventually someone or all will feel the sting of this game and emotional pain is the only reward.

Director: Philippe Audi-Dor has created a beautiful film with only three actors, minimal dialog, and a stunning setting in the lazy warm summer days. What starts as a pleasure holiday becomes a test of temperament and self doubt. The interaction between these three is tense and spellbinding. The final scene holds such a powerful message. We see a room in the cottage, and through a very small window we see the three packing, leaving, not speaking and angry. In the grand vista of life they are each stuck in their own little world.

I found this psychological drama rather captivating. Nothing great (no "must watch" here), but well acted and kept me engaged and interested. I was hoping for the female character to get stung since the beginning ...and found the ending rather rewarding. The "witch" had it coming!