Sublime

There certainly has been no shortage of coming of age films in recent years, and many of those have had LGBTQ+ elements as part of their storylines. And now writer-director Mariano Biasin has added to that list with his third feature offering about a teenage boy who’s become infatuated with one of his longtime pals from childhood. To complicate matters, as members of an aspiring rock band, they spend much of their time together, which leads to an ever-growing fixation for the curious young man the more he’s in his friend’s company. His feelings become further strained when his sidekick starts …

This was a little disappointing for me. Billed as the story of a young gay guy who was secretly in love with his best friend since childhood and yes, that is true. However, the movie hardly dealt with that. Both boys are in a band and the first hour and ten minutes focused just on the band hanging out, practicing and writing songs. Finally, when they do deal with the gay content it's only a few scenes at the end of the movie. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't a bad movie - but it wasn't much of a gay movie either.