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Soft Lad

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
5.8/10
1.3K
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Daniel Brocklebank, Suzanne Collins, Craig Stein, and Jonny Labey in Soft Lad (2015)
DramaRomance

A young man involved in a love affair that will change his life for ever, while his lover wrestles his demons on a journey that will force him to come to terms with his sexuality, leaving li... Read allA young man involved in a love affair that will change his life for ever, while his lover wrestles his demons on a journey that will force him to come to terms with his sexuality, leaving lives destroyed in the wake.A young man involved in a love affair that will change his life for ever, while his lover wrestles his demons on a journey that will force him to come to terms with his sexuality, leaving lives destroyed in the wake.

  • Director
    • Leon Lopez
  • Writer
    • Leon Lopez
  • Stars
    • Jonny Labey
    • Laura Ainsworth
    • Daniel Brocklebank
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    1.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Leon Lopez
    • Writer
      • Leon Lopez
    • Stars
      • Jonny Labey
      • Laura Ainsworth
      • Daniel Brocklebank
    • 23User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Jonny Labey
    Jonny Labey
    • David
    Laura Ainsworth
    • Stacey
    Daniel Brocklebank
    Daniel Brocklebank
    • Jules
    Suzanne Collins
    Suzanne Collins
    • Jane
    Mya Collins
    • Steph
    • (as Maya Collins)
    Craig Stein
    Craig Stein
    • Sam
    Neil Horncastle
    • Man in Woods
    Ryan Morton
    • Sam's Friend 1
    Megan Koriat
    • Sam's Friend 2
    Bernadette Foley
    • David's Mother
    • (voice)
    • (as Bernadette Folley)
    Terry George
    • Doctor Jackson
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Leon Lopez
    • Writer
      • Leon Lopez
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    10derekbolan

    Thought provoking

    I completely enjoyed this film as it just goes to show how you can devastate lives sometime without realising your actions. It also shows that two wrongs don't make a right and how feeling true love for someone can make you feel that other things are more insignificant. These things happen in real life and it was good that the subject has been approached
    8Sleepin_Dragon

    Enjoyable, well acted.

    As a story it somehow it could have been considered a little dated, like it could have been made in the Eighties, closeted husband sleeps with wive's younger brother yada yada. In truth though it's actually a decent film, the story does grab you, it unfolds well, and the acting is excellent. I thought Suzanne Collins was excellent as wronged wife Jane. Daniel Brocklebank, Jonny Labey etc all very good. It's depressing in tone, but in fairness contains some positive messages. Watchable, 8/10
    1Mr. Bennett

    Awfully directed, poorly written; simply unwatchable

    This has got to be one of the worst films I've seen. It is so badly made, I was actually shouting "this is so bad!!" at my laptop. The camera work is so bad it's annoying; I don't know what type of tone or feel they were going for but the result is a mess of awkward angles, moving pointlessly back and forth and getting in the faces of the actors with absolutely no sense of framing.

    The sound design is non-existent and the few attempts at scoring are generic 'sad'/piano music, that not only add absolutely no sentiment at all, they also sound really bad. And that also applies to dialogue as well, which makes the whole thing look and sound very amateur.

    The script is so bad I can't stop thinking how it got approved or how people thought this kind of writing is good! To sum it up, it goes like this: -I just feel stressed and tired from it all -Why? -I don't know

    The repetition of lines like "where is this coming from?" and "why are you being like this?" only makes things worst and adds to an already messed up and poor script that sounds so basic and forced and fake that makes the whole thing really annoying to watch.

    In terms of plot, after one or so hours of the character's emotional ups and downs, it boils down to the consequences of unprotected sex and the use of condoms, which in this day and age is just old news.

    The actors do try their best and they are some genuine moments that unfortunately don't last for more than a few seconds. Massively let down by a script that simply does not work, they end up trying to convince you how sad they are, or how confused with lines like...well, see above.

    I can go on and on as I still can't believe how badly made this is and how amateur it looks and sounds; OK, maybe they didn't have the biggest budget ever and I get that but still, that's not an excuse for the complete and utter lack of a convincing narrative, emotional investment and quality of film making.
    2chrismarshall-50682

    I defy anyone to watch more than 10 minutes

    Wooden acting, terrible scouse accent, it looked like a film by a bunch of high school students who wrote the script that morning. I lasted four minutes and had to turn it off.

    Such a shame, when the description sounds like an interesting dynamic between central character and his sister's husband. And when there's clearly some good people involved, judging by the credits. But ruined by terrible acting, cringe-worthy accents, low production values and general awfulness.

    Definitely a film to avoid.

    Don't waste your money on it.
    3weebiloobil

    Clichéd, televisual, but worst of all just plain dull

    At one point in this film, a character says "If I never see you again it will be too soon!". The sentiment also applies to this film.

    The film follows an aspiring dancer and his complicated family relationship, but somehow manages to include every stereotype of gay cinema, from the best-friend-he-would-love-if-only-he-were-straight ("I'm gay, remember?" he says at one point, because that's just the kind of thing best friends forget about each other) to the closeted family man having it off on the side. There isn't even any suspense to this - most of the main characters are so bluntly drawn in the first 5 minutes that you could fall asleep until the climax, and if you do I envy you. Of course there is a 'twist' - inverted commas because it's so clearly signposted it might as well be London - but by then the oddly distant directing style had drained all engagement from me.

    I know that as a genre, LGBT cinema suffers by not having the history and money behind it available to other films, but even compared to some of the ropier stuff out there this is lacking.

    The word that best sums up the plot, the directing, the cinematography, is: dull.

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      Actor' Craig Stein (I)' who plays 'Sam' is also a seasoned choreographer and choreographed the dance sequence in Soft Lad (2015).
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      References Le Parrain (1972)
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      Written and Produced by Angus Powell

      Performed by Angus Powell (as Angus Powel)

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    • Release date
      • November 9, 2015 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official sites
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Нежный парень
    • Filming locations
      • Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK(location)
    • Production companies
      • Brown Boy Productions
      • Sweet As A Productions
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    • Budget
      • £17,500 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 27m(87 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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