Beyond Gravity (1989) User Reviews

Caught this back in 1990

[preppy-3 · 8/10 · 17 September 2009]

It played as a short (it's only about 50 minutes) with a full length movie. It's a quirky and cute tale of two guys falling in love. One is rather brash, obnoxious and pushy. The other is shy, quiet and a bit of a nerd. The pushy guy basically gets the other guy to come out of his shell. This was shot in New Zealand and seeing a gay film that is set there was kind of surprising. Also (for 1988) this was pretty ahead of its time. The film isn't perfect--the low budget shows quite a bit; there's a needlessly bloody beating; some of the acting is bad; the story has its weak spots and (at times) the sound is inaudible. Still, the two lead actors are handsome and the tone of the film is very gentle and romantic. A very good quirky feel good gay film. Worth catching.

Little 80's love in New Zealand

[gj62 · 7/10 · 27 January 2008]

This little movie is about two guys who meet and what follows is the path they follow.

Expect nothing big, but what we see is just a story about two people falling in love and the troubles that comes for free with that process. In this movie we see Johnny (Iain Rea) who is a quick guy with a fast mouth and has Richard (Robert Pollock) in sight. Richard is a nerd, except for the looks, and Johnny is a Italian guy, except for the looks, who doesn't obey the laws always. Richard lives with his sister who has a boyfriend and these four are the only people in this movie.

Overall it's a nice movie and in mine opinion a fresh one because it's made in the late 80's. The theme of gay love was not that common shown in movies. The acting is OK and it's really a feel good movie.