Glimmerubro It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

Catangro After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

BILLYBOY-10 Closeted middle-age unattractive family man obsesses about handsome young friend and in the end go all mental on him. Simple story, could have been done in less than a half hour but the director decided to keep the camera on one face or scene for seemingly hours, so it drags and lags and wastes time. The story is OK, but like I say, horrible direction and editing.

calvin1821 Shocking, alarming and scary! Anyone and I do mean anyone that likes this films. Has some hardcore issues they need to deal with! This is not a gay movie and should not be considered a movie at all. It is a director trying to make a point at a culture that obviously doesn't mind out right violence. This is the worst kind of movie for gay people. We are not rapist, we do not beat and choke someone to the point paralyzingly them. I HATE HATE, this movie so much it's absolutely eating me up inside. With out going too deep, I have been raped and oh my God, does it change you as a human. the rest of your life is a mental struggle. The lead character is a sad sad, slow moving married man. Not to mention a liar, a homophobe and a criminal, who somehow gets it in his head that its fine to almost kill his best friend's son, because he doesn't have the balls to leave his wife. If NetFlix doesn't remove this movie from its selection, I will need to cancel my membership. Please for the love of God, do not glamorize this movie, it is not artist, it is not a study on human culture....it is the worst thing for the gay male community. I repeat, ask your providers to not carry this film!!

C.H Newell This was a great and devastating film. Francois is a man who has repressed his sexuality; he is clearly in a near-loveless, or all the way loveless marriage, as he and his wife don't even seem to bump shoulders while in bed, their nightly discourse about some trivial daytime affairs. Francois some times goes to a house where he meets a bunch of other men around the same age; they drink, carry on a bit, and then they watch gay pornography while everyone engages in some form of sexual behaviour. Yet Francois makes comments about people who are "poofs", and "you never can tell with that type". He is one of many, many people in our world who is repressed beyond words. From the start, it appears he has some sort of fascination with Christian, who calls him Uncle Francois, but is not truly his nephew; we learn throughout that Francois and Christian's father served in the military together, and are old pals. However, Francois has more than an "Uncle"'s love regardless. Slowly, we watch his world dissolve around him until one brutal act suddenly changes everything for him.What I particularly liked was the slow pace because we gradually saw more and more of who Francois was behind the closet doors. There is a scene near the end where Francois dines alone at a restaurant (after taking out a large amount of cash from the bank, which will mean more to you once you've seen the film), and he notices two men who are talking, having a great time, laughing together; soon, they share a nice kiss. Francois is not disgusted in a repressed-type way. The dawning of a new understanding comes upon him; he realizes that is what he could have, he could find happiness if only he didn't bury his true nature deep within himself the way he does. He stares, and you can see Francois realizing that his life could have gone down a different path than where he finds himself; the savage act he perpetrated didn't have to happen. Of course, we know all this, but the realization comes to him near the end. We do not see the ramifications of what he has done, but instead simply there is the progression of Francois; where he started, and where he has ended up. We know what will come for him eventually, or do we? Will anyone ever find out what he has done? Perhaps we'll never know. I give this a 10 out of 10. Wonderful script. Brilliant, and fearless acting (there are some moments that are quite graphic without actually being full-frontal nudity). I can't recommend this enough. Certainly a tough watch at times, but worth it.

Michael Bradley Beauty is anything but. A piece of vile homophobic crap is the nicest thing I can call this pretentious mess. Its the kind of film that reinforces stereotypes of the worst and most destructive nature. Yes, it might look real and be real, but is it truly something that needs to be seen? The unresolved aftermath of the rape scene (cinematically it is not attempted rape, it is rape) I found particularly disgusting. Someone looking for anything more than an artsy fartsy pile of pseudo-intellectual garbage will be either totally revolted or bored . Sure the racism and the repression of South Africa is real, it is well acted and the film is well crafted, but are those the only reasons to sit through this awfulness? I understand the director's political agenda and I think this is a poor way of expressing it. This is only my opinion but I'm sure most people would agree.