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Angora Ranch (2006)
A good reason not to take all reviews to heart. Know yourself, too.
Based on everything I had read regarding Angora Ranch, I wasn't expecting much and rented it for the same reason I rent so many gay-themed Indies: To do my part to assure they continue to be made.
First, two disclosures:
1) I'm of a certain age that precludes me from understanding what many viewers expect from a movie.
2) I don't typically "watch" a movie. More frequently, I listen as I'm working on any of my dozens of hobbies. I glance at the screen from time to time, but am almost always doing something else at the same time. For me, the very best movies are those that insist upon my total attention and I'm forced to stop whatever else I was doing. This was not such a movie. Listening, for the most part, was sufficient for me.
Many on IMDb have written about the poor production values and poorer dialog of this movie. My challenge is this: If someone filmed your day-to-day life, would your scenes be better or your dialog more substantial? I wonder if the simplicity, commonness and lack of polish weren't intentional.
What I got out of this movie was honesty. There were three generations of men who all knew who they were. They remained true to themselves while assuming all responsibilities expected of them. I could also rephrase that as: There were three generations of gay men who loved themselves, loved living, and loved others. (Let's not banter about how straight the 'dandy' was. BTW, dandy inherently has nothing to do with sexuality. This was an obvious error on the part of the scriptwriters.)
In short, I found this to be a disarmingly deep movie. By definition, we humans are all flawed. I think this movie tried to demonstrate those flaws using film as the messenger. Despite their weaknesses and personal losses, it was an exclamation point for me that each character hadn't lost the ability to love.
I can't know for what audience the directors/producers/actors made this movie. I can say it reached and touched me. I'd love to see this level of "Average Joe humanity" in many other movies.
Would I "watch" it again? Probably not because I got it the first time and there are so many other movies. Was I glad I watched it? Absolutely.