This movie deserves a better review than the one I found here. It's uneven, certainly, but the performances are excellent for the most part. Antonio Sabato Jr. fills his role out decently, the part doesn't call for much depth, and he more than makes up for any acting limitations with his looks and nude scene. David Sutcliffe performs a difficult role very believably. The South American cast is uniformly excellent.
The story is clearly a fantasy, the main character writes comics, and yet even as it is a fantasy, it nonetheless tells a story that is universal. Who has not been haunted by the loss of a lover, male, female, straight or gay, and wished to exact some sort of finish to the story? As far as its depiction of gay life, I'd say it's right on. The gay characters are normal people, no effeminacy, just gay men who are not obvious. One of the nicer things about the movie is that unlike most "gay" movies, this one is not set in a hothouse of gay themes to the exclusion of the rest of the world. And particularly, the depiction of the Latin world, and its surface macho and gay underbelly, is right on the mark.
Add to all of that truly gorgeous filming of Argentina, a country we do not see represented enough in the movies, and I'd say this is worth a couple hours in front of the TV . . . a quirky pleasure, with some real eye candy.
The story is clearly a fantasy, the main character writes comics, and yet even as it is a fantasy, it nonetheless tells a story that is universal. Who has not been haunted by the loss of a lover, male, female, straight or gay, and wished to exact some sort of finish to the story? As far as its depiction of gay life, I'd say it's right on. The gay characters are normal people, no effeminacy, just gay men who are not obvious. One of the nicer things about the movie is that unlike most "gay" movies, this one is not set in a hothouse of gay themes to the exclusion of the rest of the world. And particularly, the depiction of the Latin world, and its surface macho and gay underbelly, is right on the mark.
Add to all of that truly gorgeous filming of Argentina, a country we do not see represented enough in the movies, and I'd say this is worth a couple hours in front of the TV . . . a quirky pleasure, with some real eye candy.