Who We Are (2010) User Reviews

Some bits are good and some are not

[Irishchatter · 6/10 · 3 March 2014]

Somehow I thought Connors father sounded really too laid back even if hes meant to be homophobic, he gave an expression like 'I don't care, what do I have to do anyway?'. The actor that played Jim should've been more aggressive to Connor. The only good thing about the character is that he dressed like a 'regular dad'. As for Alex, he should've added more passion while being with Connor, I notice a lot of times when I saw him in the movie is that he was looking down quite a lot which really made me put off him which was disappointing. I thought the Mum and Connor himself. Sarah showed excellent expressions when confronting Jim. She was like Supermum if you ask me! Connor showed great passion for Alex and admitting it to him like a brave man to his father. I think this film is good but don't keep your hopes up is all I'm saying.

Cartoonishly Bad

[scottca075 · 3/10 · 23 October 2011]

Sorry, but nothing in this short is recommendable. It starts with the mid to late 20's actors playing teens and goes downhill from there. The characters are cardboard cutouts, not real characters, from the lisping, soft son, to the rigid pastor father there is just no there there.

A more interesting story would be a gay character who doesn't look, act and talk gay. Why not make Connor the butch captain of the football team and create real complexity and dilemma where you don't just worry about the pressure from your Christian parents, but feel the pressure of peers as well and the true internal struggle of a Christian teen trying to deal with his sexuality.

How about developing a Christian pastor, who while he preaches against homosexuality, now feels his own conflicts as his athlete son, the one he is so proud of, starts to confront his sexuality. The domineering father who forced his always a pansy son into athletics is such a cliché, so is the automatic Christian homophobe.

There is no depth, shaky acting (except the mother) and a tired old storyline.

Don't be this please

[Horst_In_Translation · 2/10 · 18 January 2018]

"Who We Are" is an American 18-minute live action short film from 2010, so this one is almost a decade old already and it is an early career effort by writer and director Sean Willis. It is what you would widely call a gay-themed short film these days and as such it gives this genre a bad name. Then again, it is an embarrassing description anyway because you also don't call movies hetero-themed. A film needs to define itself through quality production values and not the protagonists' sexuality. But that's just a general statement now. As for this film in particular, the only question that comes up is what the worst aspect here would be: the abysmal acting (especially by the two leads, even if the other actors aren't any better really), the pseudo-important script, the cringeworthy music, the completely lack of subtlety and shades? It's for you to decide. All these factors taken together make it what it is, namely a mess of the movie that luckily for audiences ends before the 20-minute mark. You really need to be majorly and probably irreversibly brainwashed by the media to see any quality or heart in here. And the worst of it all is that the subject here is so delicate and admittedly important that such extremely shoddy execution here results in the exact opposite of what the makes was trying to achieve: It increases the gap in terms of tolerance between straight people and homosexuals and yes this goes both directions. Not a one-way street. Big thumbs-down for "Who We Are". Highly not recommended.

didactic

[Kirpianuscus · 9 June 2018]

It is a sort of lesson from a bored teacher. a film without nuances or convincing story. wood performances and a pledge for convinced public. theory. and nothing more. many explanations for this blanck way to present a delicate subject, from less courage to use of too familiar ways. but, the result deserves be better. and, maybe, this is the basic sin of director in this case.