Albert Reed, Brad Rowe, Don Margolin
When his college dreams are sidelined by family obligations, a young man (Wright) finds comfort in surfing with his best friend's brother (Rowe).
DVD Release Date: August 15, 2006
Stats: 443 reviews
Feelgood film about a young man finding himself and his sexual identity along the way. One of these films that are just there to make the audience happy - without being shallow. The acting is good, the leading couple is cute and believable.
Quite a simple story and a bit sterotypical for a gay movie but I liked it.
Stars Trevor Wright (Zach) and Brad Rowe (Shaun) create two amazingly believable characters in beautiful unison. Their love can't but break your heart. Director Jonah Markowitz sets an amzing realistic world, and in conjuction with the soundtrack (supervised by J. Peter Robinson)...( read more)
Beautiful and Simple. Lovely music. The fact that the lead character is called Zach is definitely a bonus. :)
i fell in live with this movie the first time i watched it. i just wish it went a little deeper into the characters back stories, but still an amazing movie!
I originally rated this only 3 stars on Flixster but a 2nd viewing makes me think I was way too harsh.
I thought this would have worked more had Zach fell in love with Gabe. Gabe was more his age. Gabe is the one that Zach always went to with his problems and there just seemed t...( read more)
Absolutely the best gay love story I have ever seen. Romantic, heart-warming, and sexy!
At the Q & A after the screening the producer mentioned that the production company exec who green-lighted the project said he wanted to make "the anti-Brokeback," and in this I think they have succeeded magnificently. This is a genuine, heartfelt story about gay love minus all t...( read more)
A ideia do filme - me parece - é tentar fazer algo entre "Cinderela", "Break Point" e "Brokeback Mountain", e, numa boa, o filme é um sucesso nessa pretensão leve.
O filme tem um roteiro clichezudo, mas com boas atuações, uma fotografia bacana e atuações que convencem.
E o pri...( read more)
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