I'm going to keep this very short. I liked the movie personally but at the same time, I really didn't. It's a good movie, the actors are fantastic but the storyline doesn't end very well in my opinion. Miklòs does go through his venture to find himself, his sexuality, and confront his feelings for Dan, but it all happens at the end and seems semi-rushed. Also multiple horrid things happen in the plot that are either brushed over or too easily forgotten.
Miklòs' father beats him to get his sorrow out, I know he was mourning his son but that doesn't give him the right to beat his other child. We never see him apologizing or getting better, we're just expected to brush it off as mourning, feel bad because he is hospitalized, and still be happy when Miklós gets close to him.
Miklós' mother is verbally abusive and hits him as well, but at the end he just forgives and forgets and we're expected to see them and be happy for them as well.
And don't get me started on Dan, I love Daniel Webber, he is the only reason I watched this movie, and he acted his part well. But Dan as a character is just about the worst best friend a person in Miklós' situation or in general can have. He almost ditches him for a girl and won't let Mik explain himself, he repeatedly sets Mik's feelings aside and puts his "girlfriend's" feelings in front of Mik's, and the r/pe scene at the ending. I get it, he instantly feels bad but he still did it. He apologizes but again, he still did it. We're supposed to see him as troubled and at the very end, we're supposed to root for him and Mik to be close but he still r/ped him.
Overall, as I said it's a good movie, very well acted, and interesting but it seems to be too light on the traumatic experiences that happen.
Miklòs' father beats him to get his sorrow out, I know he was mourning his son but that doesn't give him the right to beat his other child. We never see him apologizing or getting better, we're just expected to brush it off as mourning, feel bad because he is hospitalized, and still be happy when Miklós gets close to him.
Miklós' mother is verbally abusive and hits him as well, but at the end he just forgives and forgets and we're expected to see them and be happy for them as well.
And don't get me started on Dan, I love Daniel Webber, he is the only reason I watched this movie, and he acted his part well. But Dan as a character is just about the worst best friend a person in Miklós' situation or in general can have. He almost ditches him for a girl and won't let Mik explain himself, he repeatedly sets Mik's feelings aside and puts his "girlfriend's" feelings in front of Mik's, and the r/pe scene at the ending. I get it, he instantly feels bad but he still did it. He apologizes but again, he still did it. We're supposed to see him as troubled and at the very end, we're supposed to root for him and Mik to be close but he still r/ped him.
Overall, as I said it's a good movie, very well acted, and interesting but it seems to be too light on the traumatic experiences that happen.