This documentary is nearly twenty years old now, and it follows a gay couple as they navigate the stressful and exciting journey of their first pregnancy through surrogacy. You get to see it all— the hope, the nerves, and the dramatic hurdles they have to clear along the way. Back in the day, this was probably a massive deal, but since I’ve known a few gay couples who’ve gone through this exact process, some parts felt a bit dated to me. I liked bits and pieces of it, but I also felt like the film stays pretty surface-level. It doesn't really dive into the deep, complicated reality of life after the baby actually arrives. If only raising a kid were actually as simple as this movie makes it look! Erik and Mark have been together in New York for ten years, and since they feel solid in their relationship, they decide they’re ready to raise a child. They start the hunt for a surrogate and eventually connect with Wen, a wife and mom from Maine who agrees to carry the baby for a standard...
As you can expect, the plot is paper thin. Yuki is a young man who lives with his brother. One day while walking he meets an old friend of his and they reconnect. When he goes back home that night, he finds out that his brother has a girlfriend, so he leaves home (don't ask why). He goes back to his friends house and they make passionate love. Interestingly this friend works in a. Gay S&M club that puts up shows for audience so Yuji also gets a job here. But after a while he has had enough and both Fuji and his friend want to quit job, but the owners won't let them and in fact they kidnap the boys and torture them much more than the shows. This is when the elder brother comes and saves them both for them to live happily ever after.
Even though it may feel there is a story here, which there is but that maybe lasts about 10-15 minutes. In this hour long film, focus is more on the actual S&M scenes where everything happens. Dick rubbing, nipple playing, rods being inserted into anus and everything else that could have been shown without actually showing the penis. If you removed all sex scenes, you could say that the film tries to explore the subject of two men seeking independence by exploring their sexuality but yet are made vulnerable by the chains of capitalism. But unfortunately, the point of this film is titilation and is clearly focused on men who are very much into gay S&M, which takes up almost 90% of the films running time. (2.5/10)
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