This one's a beautiful, tender, quiet romantic drama with a moody atmosphere, set in a tight knit Welsh fishing community. It's a touching story about a man waking up sexually in the middle of his life, and how he, his family, and everyone around him deal with it, which makes it emotional and sentimental without ever getting over the top. The slow burn plays out against a landscape that's as bleak as it is gorgeous, where quiet, closed off men are stuck inside rigid ideas of what masculinity should be. Some people might be reminded of "God's Own Country," but I think both films are lovely in their own way. Jack is a middle aged guy who co-owns a mussel farm with his rough around the edges brother Dyfan, and the tension between the two of them is simmering under the surface right from the start. Dyfan's three sons all help out with the work, while Jack's sulky teenage son Tom keeps skipping out. Jack's been with his wife since they were both 16, and...
Joey is a country boy who comes to live in a boys dormitory. By bad luck, he is forced to hare his room with Jimmy. They hate each other initially but become cordial after a while. Eventually Another boy in the dorm Will starts pursuing Joey and soon they are a couple. Meanwhile this other boy Nuan from school also is in love with Joey. It turns out Jimmy had slept with a girl who is now pregnant. To hide this from everyone, they bring the girl in their room, she even delivers and continue to raise the baby with her without anyone knowing. The friends and other boys find out but they are supportive but Will is unto some evil plans since he doesn't like the closeness between Joey and Jimmy. The baby's mother suddenly disappears leaving the boys to fend for the baby with help from the dorm's momma. At some point Will is unto no good to hurt Joey (unclear). Joey breaks up with him and out of nowhere he gets together with Jimmy.
One thing that shocked me in this series and is almost comical is that every single guy in the show is falling for Joey. He is not even remotely cute or good looking or anything exciting about him but randomly everyone wants to be with him. It was a joke. The story (if there is any) takes forever to build up and the scenes are long drawn. Will and Joey have zero chemistry while they are supposed to be in love for almost 20 episodes. The dubbing is poor where you can hear so much background static noise. The production quality is bad, editor probably slept through his job and seems like no one in the show could care less. It was going all over the place. There was no real resolution for any of the characters. All supporting actors were bad. I don't even know why Jimmy is being portrayed as one of the central character along with Joey when he barely has much to contribute.
I can’t stress enough how bad this show was. It is simply awful and unacceptable for a show released in 2020 and too long of a commitment to sit through. Do not be fooled by some random glowing reviews you will see online. Anyone who thinks this show is any good, needs to get themselves checked. (1/10)
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Although in all fairness, I stilll have so much old backlog to watch and review, I just don't have enough time . ;)
I can't recommend a movie but there is a very good norvegian series (not a bl!) I can suggest if you haven't seen it : Øyevitne. The gay couple is central to the story even if it's not only focused around them. Just don't watch the american or french version, the original norvegian version is the best imo.
My poor Golu, it's not a list of films and recommended series to watch you must have now, it's a whole encyclopedia lol.