Soft Lad

2015 "We can't always have what we want."
5.8| 1h24m| en
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Twenty-two year old David has it all – he’s young, hot, and he’s just got into the prestigious dance school of his dreams. But he has a secret: for two years he’s been sleeping with his sister’s husband, Jules. After an argument between the two lovers, David throws himself into a one-night stand with Sam, a casual encounter which fast becomes something much stronger.

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Linkshoch Wonderful Movie
Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.
Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
derekbolan I completely enjoyed this film as it just goes to show how you can devastate lives sometime without realising your actions. It also shows that two wrongs don't make a right and how feeling true love for someone can make you feel that other things are more insignificant. These things happen in real life and it was good that the subject has been approached
weebiloobil At one point in this film, a character says "If I never see you again it will be too soon!". The sentiment also applies to this film.The film follows an aspiring dancer and his complicated family relationship, but somehow manages to include every stereotype of gay cinema, from the best-friend-he-would-love-if-only-he-were-straight ("I'm gay, remember?" he says at one point, because that's just the kind of thing best friends forget about each other) to the closeted family man having it off on the side. There isn't even any suspense to this - most of the main characters are so bluntly drawn in the first 5 minutes that you could fall asleep until the climax, and if you do I envy you. Of course there is a 'twist' - inverted commas because it's so clearly signposted it might as well be London - but by then the oddly distant directing style had drained all engagement from me.I know that as a genre, LGBT cinema suffers by not having the history and money behind it available to other films, but even compared to some of the ropier stuff out there this is lacking.The word that best sums up the plot, the directing, the cinematography, is: dull.
johnm-38132 Not a happy ending in this film. Basically, a married gay man, Jules, has an affair with his much younger brother-in-law, David and unknowingly transmits HIV to both David and his wife, David's sister. When all this comes out, all hell breaks loose and the 3 part ways in a very horrible show down. Very well acted, fast paced and intensely emotional. Sadly, not worth watching twice because it's such a downer. All 3 characters were decent people. The two gay men made some bad decisions and then had to pay the consequences. Nothing to judge here. David looked just like Susan Boyle....except much younger and cuter of course. Jules was older, slim and attractive. It's too bad this movie ended on such a bummer.
wayne2652 "might have spoilers inside"It is really touching but heartbreaking movie I have ever seen. The acting of those characters is spot on and shape the character vividly. The struggle between David & Jules and Jules & Jane are nicely illustrated in the movie. Compared to the struggle, the affection among those characters seems a little less. Therefore, I can feel stressed and struggled more from the plot itself rather than owing to the feeling of breaking the bond between them. Also, I would like to see more about Jules' part after Sam and David left the house and more David's dance at the beginning. That might give the audience a complete emotion roller coaster. Overall, it is a worth watching movie definitely!!! And it is the some of the movies that picking HIV issue and presenting the reaction about the situation.