This one feels like it was made more for eye candy than anything else. The film is almost 15 years old now, so it might've been one of the earlier ones to touch on a throuple, or at least hint at it. It runs about 75 minutes, which makes it an easy sit, but with tighter editing and fewer repetitive scenes, it could've been a crisp little short film. Rene runs the family business to support his sick grandmother, while his aunt, who looks after her, keeps trying to match him up with different women so he'll finally settle down. The thing is, Rene's gay, and he's in love with his driver. He's way too shy and closed off to ever say it out loud, but one weekend he loosens up on a seaside trip with the guy he's crazy about. That night, after a lot of drinking, they sleep together and Rene finally admits how he feels. Still, he knows the driver has a long term partner he can't leave. Once Rene's had enough, he heads to the driver's house planning to tal...
The film follows Bryce on a fabulous expedition across the globe, as he seeks answers from top scientists. He first goes to Chicago and gets into testing of his penile erection after watching few videos and similar test is done for his brain scan. Bryce's arousal pattern and MRI results are unsurprising in that he perfectly fits the homosexual profile. But The documentary wants to focus more on evolution. He interviews a range of experts from zoologists to anthropologists, each with their own intriguing theories as to why homosexuality has survived natural selection. His quest takes him to a farm where he meets a woman researching on gay goat. He also travels to Samoa, where people don't accept openly gay men but acknowledge the third gender. We see his talks with multiple doctors and scientist around theories of nature vs nurture, science, genetics, chromosome theory etc. I am not sure it finds an answer but at just under an hour, the pace is fast and going are funny and entertaining.
One of the obvious things that stand out in this documentary is that the sole focus is on males. No discussion is done on lesbians or bisexuals or any other gender or sexual orientations. You don't really get to learn a whole lot about evolution of gay men from an overall perspective but its reassuring ,multiple times that there is a whole lot of science involved in all this. Its just that we do. Not yet understand the whole spectrum. Th biggest triumph of the documentary is its lively and engaging narration , which is huge win and a big part of that is due to Bryce's personality and enthusiasm. Mixing scientific facts, personal story touches, multiple travels etc make this one for an interesting watch. Don't expect anything ground breaking really. (6/10)
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