Redwoods

2009
5.6| 1h22m| en
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Both original and incredibly romantic, Redwoods tells the story of an already-partnered man whose love is tested when a mysterious drifter passes through his small Northern California town.

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Also starring Laurie Burke

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SoTrumpBelieve Must See Movie...
FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
Griff Lees Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.
Rizki Septian well, actually i had big hope for this movie. but, unfortunately this movie out of my standard of "gay themed movie". as far as i watch this movie was really sucks. I can't even imagine why the director (and the writer) makes this movie being cheaper than should be. So many "minus thing" in this movie. but one thing that make me annoyed is the story. the story was made me felt uncomfortable. perhaps because this movie portrayed about betrayal. and i don't like that story.if you compare this movie with "Brokeback Mountain" i thought that would be BIG MISTAKE. This movie is really out of standard. so i just give 3 out of 10
Irishchatter I have to admit at the very beginning of the movie, I knew well Everett was going to cheat on his partner of 7 years but like you wouldn't know who it is. Until this handsome dark haired guy asks for directions and 'click' the pair of them have a crush on each other! To be honest I think Everett should've dumped his partner rather then rush off for a while and being back together with him! He should've at least had Chase even as they were so in love. It was so heartbroken that Chase died from an undisclosed illness which was so sad when Everett cried. You know this movie is really powerful by the way it was filmed on a mountain with beautiful views. I would so recommend this to nature lovers and of course anyone that would enjoy gay movies :)
Tony Carson I watched this movie on my Android phone while waiting on a plane. So, I'll give you it was likely not the most flattering environment. That being said, I have always enjoyed TLA movies and have come to expect a high quality product from them. Redwoods started out looking to be consistent with that expectation. However, not too far into the movie, I realized that this was going to be an exception as this was a gay setting of "The Horse Whisperer" Evidently, TLA has a requirement that includes showing some frontal male nudity (I don't mind), but in this flick, it seemed to be so show "D-word" for the sake of "D-word". Neither of the actors who showed all were that inspiring naked. The love scene between the two main characters was built up nicely and some gratuitous frontal nudity would have been perfect, but alas we weren't so treated.There were a few scenes that left one wondering "WTF". An example was the father/son moment in the antique store. I can only assume that the scene's cliché dialogue was inspired by the antique store itself. Mercifully, however, the editors did spare us the moments of possible redundancy by cutting into scenes where other characters are being let in on the story. Through most of the movie, we were led to believe that Evrett was caught up in a bad relationship where he and his partner stayed together "for the children". By the end of the movie an amazing and unbelievable transformation seemed to occur.I realize that these movies are low budget and in this case, the score (which was nice) featured solo piano and synthesized instrumental tracks that sounded like they were taped on a 1980's K-mart Casio keyboard. I think they could have put out money for a bit better quality of instrument, if not a real orchestra.Lastly, the story (a gay version of "Horse Whisperer") was a nice love story. It was a bit slow, but held my attention and I honestly was interested to see how it all ended up. The ending was sweet and pleasantly unexpected. The only thing I would changed would be to invest in some footage showing the changing of seasons to help the audience understand that years were passing.All in all, this was a nice movie and worth a watch.Tony Carson
Toadinthehole Writer and director David Lewis takes us through an extramarital affair under the Redwood trees gay style. Romantic and probably too slushy for most peoples taste we follow the drama through the eyes of the main two protagonists played by Brendan Look-into-My-Eyes Bradley as Everett and the more familiar face of the wiry sexy Mr Mathew Closeshave Montgomery as Chase.While Chase unlocks Everett's heart we like Everett's family just look on and wonder what he's up to knowing full well he is about to rock his domestic boat which includes his young son. The idea was great.If you are in the mood for slush mixed with a good idea that doesn't quite get there and are prepared to enjoy polite characters in Lalaland who seem to live on another planet under the Redwoods then this is the film for you. I enjoyed it in part, but won't be moving there.Woken up out of his unhappy or dull 'marital' slumber by Mr Wannabeewriter Chase, Everett soon becomes as confused as we become and still remain. His confusion miraculously resolves itself, yours will not 100%.This confusion comes to a head at the end of course and if you haven't seen it and manage to get that far into it you're in for a surprise pleasant or otherwise depending on your take of course, but what I will say is that the ending did come as a surprise to me and it was of course the old Romantic novelist's ploy and a copout surprise surprise.What I will say to the director is you obviously had a story to tell but please please ease up on the sound track for your next movie. Silence would have been a lot more effective in this film. After all the stillness of the Redwoods has all the sound and music you needed.