InformationRap
This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.
ChampDavSlim
The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
Dirtylogy
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
Tyreece Hulme
One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
skyme
Remember it takes place 1990s. The film actually holds together pretty well, and is done with a lot of care and better than average acting & directing. In the end, it would have been a little more exciting, if it were more sexual (i know many bi navy guys that were very wild at this time in navy). Rob Mayes is very good looking. But overall, better than expected. ...some kind of secret was going on with one character, John Cokely...not sure what his conflicts were, but it was obvious he had them.
Berthulf
Writing reviews of films, books or music is not something I generally do; certainly, I read and am influenced by them, but I don't write them. This film has, however, inspired me to share my appreciation of the film.A little background: I'm gay, but I hate gay films. In general, they're a load of crap: crass, from little to no plot, following a standard template construction that features far too much sexualisation of the cast. In short, I hate gay films for being everything this film isn't.That being said, this film is not a gay film. There are (spoiler) gay characters, but their sexuality is, for the most part, entirely incidental to the plot and I feel it is handled quite considerately, honestly and subtly; something that, depressingly, is still rare in the film industry. But the film does cover some very important and controversial issues surrounding military service and, whilst it specifically depicts the US Navy, issues such as homophobia and death are universal.I shall not go any further into the plot, but will suffice to say that if you like drama and are not prone to violent outbursts of homophobia, then this is an excellent film for you. My only real complaint about the film is that it wasn't released here in the UK. Instead I had to buy the American DVD and get it shipped; IMO, money very well spent.Point of note, the DVD is rated R and states that it contains strong language, sexual content and graphic nudity. In all honesty, daytime TV is more sexually explicit and the brief nudity doesn't deserve the prefix "graphic" as nothing below the waist is ever put on show, but I would still think twice before showing it to anyone under 16.Thoughtful and intense, this film easily gets a place in my top 10.
Woodstone Lee
I've always felt that we don't have enough nice stories about gay love. So I have to say this one is a good one considering so few real gay movies and so many stereotypical and cliché gay movies. It's def worthy to watch it. But the story is so restraining about the great feeling between the two men that the passionate love between them is almost smothered by many distracting scenes in the movie. I just so wish there could have been more scenes between the beloved two men about how they know each other, how they get into each other and how happy they are when they hang out together even just secretly. This insufficiency is part of the reason why some reviews said they found confusing about who was with who. But overall good story line though could be better filmed.
rbgntoby
What a bad movie. Makes no sense for a movie written in 2013 or ever. Has no relevance and just makes zero sense. Save your money, I wish I did. What did they do that was against the law? It was so hard to follow. Couldn't tell if a day went by, a month, a year or many years. This was just the worst written, worst movie I ever saw. About a topic that could have been so relevant this one made no sense. I'm even struggling her to write enough bad things to be able to post this review. I was so interested in the topic but it was done so poorly. Can't say it was predictable since it just made I sense. Shame on the writers and I can only imagine the actors had nothing else better to do. Even if this movie represented the 1950's it just makes no sense.