You won't be disappointed!

Good movie but grossly overrated

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

This really could have been a great movie in my opinion.Especially loved the acting of Thea Gill and Derek Baynham and the plot was (except for all the cheesy details) realistic and well devised.Having said that, here is what really sucks about this movie: Chase (main character, they "gay guy") behaved like the greatest A-hole on the planet during the movie!! I mean, I was really starting to hate him when he treated that girl Christy in the most condescending way ever! It's one thing not to be attracted to girls, but that doesn't give you the right to treat them like trash. First, he meets her at a party where she tries to make small-talk, but he totally ignores her and then he tells her he will grab a beer just to leave her stuck on the couch (all right, it's a party, whatever). But then, he does it again at the barbecue, only this time he tells her to grab a bear FOR HIM, then goes to play football. They never show it, but I wonder how she must have felt when she came back with the beer and saw him being gone.I mean I get what it's like to hear someone say "I wouldn't want my son to grow up being a f**(F-word)" but that doesn't mean he can do it to someone else. He should have no right to complain after treating someone like that! But it gets worse: First he betrays his best friend Tyler (who so far had shown considerable support after his coming out and behaved pretty much as perfectly as you could expect from your best friend) by having sex with his dad (Nathan). But even when he gets caught by Tyler's mother, that doesn't keep him from making out with Nathan some more, not even 20 seconds after Nathan told him that his wife had seen them in the woods. Motto:"Oh, I just might have destroyed your family, f*ck it, let's make out some more." Really!?! So then they make out some more in broad daylight and (surprise!) Tyler walks in. He storms off, being chased by Chase who yells:"It's not what it looks like!" WTF!? In my head I'm thinking: U stupid piece of sh*t! Maybe now is the time to pack your bags instead of running after your best friend who just found out that his dad is gay and you two are having an affair!!! I mean the dad is not innocent either, of course. But Chase just takes the cake by behaving totally selfish and with no regard for the lives of other people.The fact that Tyler in the end says:"It wasn't your fault" is totally beside the point. Of course it wasn't Chase's "fault" that Tyler's dad was gay, but the way in which it was revealed was well set up in order to maximize trauma to the whole family, whose lives as they knew it were destroyed.

I viewed this film last evening on Netflix. My personal opinion is that the film's general storyline is an important issue facing GLBT culture today. Given that the American public is still coming to terms with homosexuality and that homosexuality only started becoming publicly accepted within the last couple decades (maybe less), I think this film depicts an issue that occurs very often today. We are finding that, as America's perception of homosexuality has increasingly softened, older men and women who repressed their identities in their youth are slowly starting to come out and address their own sexuality issues. I think the film's desire to create a narrative of this sort is excellent. I thought their portrayal of the situation was ghastly. Part of this negative review is due to personal experience with the issues portrayed in the film and part is also a reaction to the film's poorly developed storyline.There is actually a school of psychology that has been aptly dealing with the emotional damage that's affected by the later comings-out of closeted men and women. It is a small school of thought, and probably not particularly well known or received in the greater medical community. But whatever research these groups churn out does not match with what occurs in this film. The truth is, these late revelations wreak havoc on the relationships and marriages they change, change which normally manifests as destruction. While I can appreciate the film's creators' wish to create a situation and characters sympathetic to the struggle of these men's and women's long denial of their homosexuality, it's not a particularly accurate portrayal of what normally occurs in such a situation. It also didn't give justice to the struggle that the deceived partner goes through after learning something of that magnitude. The wife's reaction, while initially convincing, dwindled to acceptance far to quickly. It didn't accurately show the length of time it normally takes for a "surprised" spouse to recover from his or her partner's lies. It also didn't adequately show the emotional turmoil. In other words, nothing in the latter half of the film was believable. I wanted to see the wife kick her husband out, drink herself into oblivion, maybe attempt a suicide, and, after a long montage, finally gain a smidgen of acceptance for what happened. The wife's complete turnaround in what appeared to be one day was just incredible.Personally, I am quite sensitive to this issue because I have friends who have been deceived in this way. I also know men and women who are living the situation of the husband in the film. Personally, I think these scenarios make a great case for augmenting public respect for and learning of homosexuality. Repression of sexuality leads to people getting deeply emotionally hurt, often scarred. I feel these kinds of stories are a good way to educate the public at large, mainly because it shows the greater harm to society as opposed to the harm that is endured exclusively by the homosexual person. But unfortunately, this film did not serve that purpose.My second gripe with this film was the bad story telling. As I said earlier, I had difficulty believing the wife's short turnaround. But also, I took issue with the lack of build-up in this film. There was relatively little interaction between the son's friend and the father. None of the interaction was really significant enough to truly warrant the turn of events that came about. It felt as if the father was actually a heterosexual, but decided he wanted to "try it out" a bit on a whim instead of finally being able to experience what he's been missing out on for years.Lastly, the script for the film was wretched. There was no subtlety or nuance that helped create the characters. Characteristics of each character was blatantly shoved in the viewers' faces and demonstrated awkwardly. The example that I found most obnoxious was the writer's wish to convey the wife as an uptight conservative. They first developed that quality through a tacky scene involving a exhibitionist young boy and his skeezey mother, and then followed that with her participation in a predictable, hackneyed dinner conversation regarding homosexuality. While I don't think the actress that portrayed the wife was particularly good in this role, I can't really blame her given that her character was so clumisily developed. This was also true of the son's character as well. The script really suffered from a very rushed development, which unfortunately probably had to do with budget concerns. While I don't fault them for that, one other review mentioned several slow-moving, overly-lengthy scenes, the house party in particular. That thing just dragged on for close to fifteen minutes, and really didn't introduce us to any new or interesting qualities in the relevant characters. It was used mostly for comedic effect. That's fine, but the film really isn't a happy, light-hearted comedy; indeed the ending is particularly tragic. It didn't fit and it took away time from scenes that should have been more fully developed, particularly the growing interest between the friend and father, and the wife's emotional trauma. All in all, it case across as something written by a beginning film student.So yes, while I think the message is important and worthwhile, this film bungled it and really did a bad treatment of the material. None of the characters' situations were believable, nor did the script allow the actors to truly develop their characters. One good thing about the film was the cinematography. There were some really beautiful shots and settings, the lake in particular. The scene with the wife sobbing at a patio table towards the end was quite breath-takingly beautiful. But none of these positives made watching the film worth it. There are better films out there that address this issue and I would suggest looking to those. Thanks!

I had actually never heard of this movie until it was shown on Movie Central. I started watching the show blind of what the premise was, but found it entertaining enough to keep watching.The subject matter was not what I expected, as I figured it would be a stereotypical film about a gay man who falls in love with his best friend. However, the writing is not clever enough to disguise the true direction of the film for very long. Its somewhat predictable, but the ending played out quite well. I was surprised with the cavalier attitudes to the situation by some of the characters, but the acting was well done, especially Thea Gill who can really turn a performance. I found it odd that I don't recall seeing Dan Payne in any of his other work before, as he came across as a solid actor. I would say the only character that could have been played better by someone else was the role of Chase. He seemed incapable of honest emotion through a lot of the movie with the exception of the beach scene where he tries to talk to his best friend.The cinematography was beautiful and well done, and definitely does not look like a low budget film.All in all definitely worth seeing.

Tyler Davidson (Derek Baynham) brings home buddy Chase (Charlie David) for the summer. His hunky father Nathan (Dan Payne) and mother Stacey (Thea Gill) love Chase. Then Chase tells Tyler he's gay. Tyler has no problem with it and tells his family...and Nathan realizes he might be gay too.The story was totally predictable from beginning to end. I was always one step ahead. Also there's a little sister (Grace Viskovic) who's too cute and intelligent for anyone her age. Still I loved this. It was written by David (who is openly gay himself) and he perfectly caught the feelings and emotions of a gay man coming out to his friends. The acting is exceptional. David, Gill and Baynham are all good but Payne is just great. He has a very hard role to play and he pulls it off. Also the movie just looks gorgeous. They shot it in a small town in Canada and the scenery was just breath-taking. Also there's a few very hot man on man kissing scenes! So it is totally predictable but beautifully done and acted. I give it an 8.