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i was really blown away by it. I am picky when it comes to stuff like this, but Kucher really surprized me!

The story is very original (I cant remember seeing anything that it reminded me of) the acting was good by the entire cast. (Eric Stoltz played a disgusting creep pretty damn good...)

the kids in the film throughout their ages were well cast, and actually looked like the actors as adults... so the casting was good.

This movie reminded me too much of my younger brother's messed up life, that I felt like crying in some parts... and he looks just like Kucher on top of it all!

there were some intense/brutal scenes that were unnerving... I'll leave it at that, I dont wanna spoil it for anyone.

I heard Kucher got so railed by the critics, that he's laying low because it actually really hurt his feelings. he felt he gave it his best shot only to be strung-up by his end-trails just because of who he's sleeping with! I could careless if he was having sex with a rottweiler in his spare time... his acting was damn good, and a MAJOR departure from anything he's ever done, and that makes an actor grow!

so if anyone was discouraged by the cast or trailers, dont be... this is a damn good film!

I think this is one of the funniest films I have ever seen. There are things in the film that people in the theatre were gasping in shock about, that I was practically p*ssing my pants laughing at. When this comes out in Video/DVD I will OWN this one! I usually hate Christmas films, but this one is by FAR the best one I have ever seen, even better than "A Christmas Story". Of course, it is NOT for everyone... but definitely for those who don't get offended by anything, and like to laugh to the point of rupturing their spleen!

When I watched this film, I watched it with my boyfriend (who's a fine artist), and a gay male couple. Well, my boyfriend and I understood the artistry, the pain, the suffering, the political turmoil, the poetry, the usage of English/Spanish, basically the entire story. This is a pretty straight forward story, that had a beautiful & imaginative cinematography & direction. This was a dynamite film that should be watched. What bothered me was the reaction of the gay couple in the room. One of them kinda understood the sorrow, and at least understood that this was someone's life story, however... the 'control freak' out of the two took this plot as a stab at homosexuality? If I missed something here, please point this out to me! I continued to ask this individual why he thought so, and he said "Its just another film that makes AIDS look like a Gay disease!" I'm like "Are you f*cking kidding me? Did we just watch the same film? Did you pay attention to ANYTHING in that film?" I just dropped the discussion before it turned into a heated argument (because believe me, I can argue.) I thought that movie was done in with taste, despite its frank nature. Who cares if the man was promiscuous or not... that didnt necessarily mean that's how he contracted it! He could've contracted it while he was in prison for all we know... but we don't, and it doesn't matter. It's tragic that he was inflicted with the virus, but it doesn't matter how it was contracted... that was his business. However, the fact that he was openly gay, and that obviously posed as an obstacle as a way of living his life for the most part NEEDED to be addressed in this film... I mean... how was he going to emigrate to America any other way? Let's be honest, his homosexuality was interesting to the plot, and Javier Bardem pulling off those scenes (I have no idea if he's gay or not) it takes B*LLS to do scenes like that convincingly without being typecasted. Bardem was excellent, Arenas was an excellent writer (and yes I have read his literature) and it was a film that needed to be made. I feel Schnabel's direction in this one was much better than "Basquiat", even though that was also a good film, I have a feeling this one was more honest... it was more in your face, and was still a true aethestic vision.