The storyline about the 2 main characters, Victor and Roy, started off on good notes and a sort of kind and gentle sweetness. Roy is a homeless Santagram that meets Victor and Victors female friend. We dont really know if anyone is gay or not at this point. Victor offers Roy a place to stay and a kind heart. We find that Roy is an undocumented alien and doesnt to go to the hospital or call the police after he's mugged.
Fast forward and Victor offers a solution to Roy about immigration - to be married as a same sex couple. At this point, we do get a stern "not that way" response from Roy. However, Victor's offer comes from a place of a good heart. Whether it's more or not, we dont know.
They do enventually get married and afterwards go back to the apartment where some actual feelings towards each other romantically are shown. Both ask each other have they done this before...and both said no. But. They sleep together and we find that Victor does have feelings for Roy in a romantic way. Roy reiterates he doesnt want to hurt him. So there is thus already undertone that which direction are we headed.
What made this sweet is that Roy slept with Victor only for Victor and showed so much character in this and continued in a shared bath. Roy supports Victor in an upcoming visit when Victor tells his father of the situation and stressed Victor out. Roy takes Victor to a safe space he goes himself he enjoys to calm down. Victor realizes his planned time with his friend Alise (I think thats her name as the actress was so non-eventful) to share Christmas Eve dinner and he takes Roy along. It is here some tender moments are shared and we find that Roy was pretty neglected as a child with birthday christmas cheer. Victor and Alise both gave Roy presents and it was a turning point.
Now it gets weird. Alise offered some part-time work to Roy and things became romantic to eventually getting divorced from Victor to marry Alise.
Ok. First all.... This where i lost the allusion and it became far fetched. Both Roy and Alise would have known Victors feelings for Roy. Plus, Victor and Alise were great friends. In my circle we dont do that to friends. I can definitely see the strain this will cause in this triangle. Being gay myself, there are few unwritten rules to follow in friendship circles of straight and gay friends. I liken it to a straight man not shouldnt date his best friends ex... Its a slap in the face.
At the same time, you can see and feel Victors anguish and pain. Then skip ahead for the newly married couple ask for a sperm donation from Victor to make a baby since we find out Roy cant have children. The weird thing is the sperm donation was to have baby conceived in the old fashion way... Wait, what?!! It was a quasi 3-way. Then months layer we see alise 8 months pregnant.
Another storyline tragedy is both Alise and Roy die within minutes of each other. Roy stepped in the path of an incoming car as he was flagging Victor to join him to meet up with Alise who was struggling in child birth and eventuall dies. What a crappy ending. We see Victor holding the fingers of the new baby boy as we know lights flicker to let us know Roy is with them... A previous discussion had between Roy and Victor while sharing bath.
Ok.... The absolute tragedy to Victor throughout this movie is awful and i was haunted by the storyline enough to write a review. Both male actors do a wonderful job. One is reserved and cautious and the other more interceding with direction. Very believable emotios from them and well presented. The actor playing Alise was not great. No life. Nothing realistic.
The storyline is a farce but i really enjoyed the 2 male actors.
The audio was at times rediculous. This could have been more plausible if Roy was intetested in a cousin ir coworker of Alise. I would have loved Roy to realize he was in love with Victor and possibly say so in his dying moments to kind of make it worth it and softening Victors pain and the gaping hole in his life. Just gave and gave and gave. Nothing but heartache.... A definite not a feel good movie. Tragic.
Fast forward and Victor offers a solution to Roy about immigration - to be married as a same sex couple. At this point, we do get a stern "not that way" response from Roy. However, Victor's offer comes from a place of a good heart. Whether it's more or not, we dont know.
They do enventually get married and afterwards go back to the apartment where some actual feelings towards each other romantically are shown. Both ask each other have they done this before...and both said no. But. They sleep together and we find that Victor does have feelings for Roy in a romantic way. Roy reiterates he doesnt want to hurt him. So there is thus already undertone that which direction are we headed.
What made this sweet is that Roy slept with Victor only for Victor and showed so much character in this and continued in a shared bath. Roy supports Victor in an upcoming visit when Victor tells his father of the situation and stressed Victor out. Roy takes Victor to a safe space he goes himself he enjoys to calm down. Victor realizes his planned time with his friend Alise (I think thats her name as the actress was so non-eventful) to share Christmas Eve dinner and he takes Roy along. It is here some tender moments are shared and we find that Roy was pretty neglected as a child with birthday christmas cheer. Victor and Alise both gave Roy presents and it was a turning point.
Now it gets weird. Alise offered some part-time work to Roy and things became romantic to eventually getting divorced from Victor to marry Alise.
Ok. First all.... This where i lost the allusion and it became far fetched. Both Roy and Alise would have known Victors feelings for Roy. Plus, Victor and Alise were great friends. In my circle we dont do that to friends. I can definitely see the strain this will cause in this triangle. Being gay myself, there are few unwritten rules to follow in friendship circles of straight and gay friends. I liken it to a straight man not shouldnt date his best friends ex... Its a slap in the face.
At the same time, you can see and feel Victors anguish and pain. Then skip ahead for the newly married couple ask for a sperm donation from Victor to make a baby since we find out Roy cant have children. The weird thing is the sperm donation was to have baby conceived in the old fashion way... Wait, what?!! It was a quasi 3-way. Then months layer we see alise 8 months pregnant.
Another storyline tragedy is both Alise and Roy die within minutes of each other. Roy stepped in the path of an incoming car as he was flagging Victor to join him to meet up with Alise who was struggling in child birth and eventuall dies. What a crappy ending. We see Victor holding the fingers of the new baby boy as we know lights flicker to let us know Roy is with them... A previous discussion had between Roy and Victor while sharing bath.
Ok.... The absolute tragedy to Victor throughout this movie is awful and i was haunted by the storyline enough to write a review. Both male actors do a wonderful job. One is reserved and cautious and the other more interceding with direction. Very believable emotios from them and well presented. The actor playing Alise was not great. No life. Nothing realistic.
The storyline is a farce but i really enjoyed the 2 male actors.
The audio was at times rediculous. This could have been more plausible if Roy was intetested in a cousin ir coworker of Alise. I would have loved Roy to realize he was in love with Victor and possibly say so in his dying moments to kind of make it worth it and softening Victors pain and the gaping hole in his life. Just gave and gave and gave. Nothing but heartache.... A definite not a feel good movie. Tragic.