I think the idea behind this movie was really interesting and different. It tells the story of a brutal attack on a gay man in Chile, which is a very serious subject, similar to the Matthew Shepard case in the US. However, it feels like the people who made the film weren't quite sure how to tell the story. The movie wanders around a lot, and many scenes are confusing because it's hard to tell what point the director is trying to make. The first part of the movie was actually quite good and I was excited to see where it went, but then it completely changes. It spends way too much time showing the dad being sad and frustrated, and the most annoying part is that the movie doesn't really have an ending or any answers. The story is about a teenager named Pablo who is around 17 or 18. He lives with his dad, Juan, who is a single father and always busy with work. Pablo loves to dance, hangs out with his best friend who is a lesbian, and is practicing for a drag show audition. When...
Quarantine is about to start and every one has gone home except Judah. His mother works in Canada and he doesn't want go live with his granny since he feels she is homophobic. To his surprise another guy Rocky is also staying back. The two barely know each other. Judah is openly gay, rich and loving for love. A Friend of his Glenn has a crush on him but Judah doesn't feel same way. Rocky comes form a lower background and because of covid is losing out this various odd jobs. Over the next few days the two become friends and Judah starts falling for Rocky knowing well he is straight. But he convinces Rocky to be able to date him. They spend some good times together and even end up sleeping together. But reality soon hits and Rocky realizes that he has family obligations to fulfill and really need to look for money. Judah feels heart broken, even though Rocky never committed to him and in an act of desperation invites Glenn trying to court him. Interestingly this does make Rocky jealous and he is now unsure of his feelings towards Judah. Eventually, they both talk it about after a few dramatic incidents (also including Judah's granny revealing the reason for her outburst) and there is a potential for the two boys to proclaim love for each other and do something about it.
The series started well with chemistry between the two boys being very palpable, but somewhere as ether a character or actor Judah stars to mess up things. As an audience I was never able to empathize with him. On the contrary he came out as a very manipulative character, who literally forces himself to date Rocky, pushes him hard to be romantically involved but also is not flexible to understand that someone like Rocky will take time to adjust to this whole new thing he is discovering. Instead he goes to bring Glenn back in life, either to make Rocky jealous or just because he wanted a quarantine boyfriend. Whatever it is, but it was just not right. To be honest, I don't think the makers wanted to portray the character this way, so my guess is that its the flat acting by Judah that spoiled the show to a large extent. Unnecessary rolling of eyes, fake tears etc were not helping. Diametrically opposite etc that Rocky's acting was good, his character was flushed out properly as that of a confused man who has always had responsibilities on his shoulder and is struggling with love, sexuality and responsibility. The sex scene was good but shockingly why such a lame kiss in the end! Remaining actors were just o. There were a few scenes where there was a whole lot of talking but not much happening.
Made at probably very low budget, the series started off well, but somewhere started to get on my nerves, primarily because of one of the leads. Despite that its one of the better shows in all of the crap out there. (5.5/10)
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