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...
Lee is a welder working in a factory who has ben accused of assaulting his girlfriend, thanks to false accusation of a neighbor. Th case is now closed in present times and he is doing community service. Through his closest friend Chuck, he meets Ben, an affluent lawyer at a party. Chuck soon falls for Jane, who is Ben's close friend and they are all going for hiking. Ben soon remembers that he had seen Lee at his hearing in his court case. Ben is dating George, who happened to be Lee's lawyer. Soon through a series of events, Ben finds himself getting attracted to Lee and he also finds out that George has been lying to him an dis happily married with a family. Taking upon himself to investigate Lee's case further, and helps Lee get charges dropped on him. Ben confesses his feelings for Lee, who also has been going through a childhood trauma of his father leaving him for another man. But soon Lee will have to face his own feelings for Ben.
The ending where Lee suddenly feels love for Ben is random. Yes, we see traces where the two men bond over hiking and zest for life, there is never any solid reason to show the two men falling for each other. Yes, the two begin to form a sort of ‘opposites attract’ chemistry but everything happens too fast. The conflict of Chuck and Jane falling in love, then breaking up and then again coming back together was as random and the leading men's chemistry. I bet the film was made on a super low budget. The only decent thing about the film was good looking Lee and his acting. Rest everyone was just meh at best. Its a scrappy film, that bit more than it can chew in its aspirations. This film has weak plot, bad screenplay, average acting and a very choppy edit. The intentions are ok but the flaws are too many to overlook. (3.5/10)
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Maybe its time to watch that one again :)