Gerontophilia

Bruce LaBruce has gone [almost] mainstream

!Shocking news for his aficionados...surprising news for his dissenters.

This film is somewhat divisive...a good idea about a rather controversial subject - significant age-gap relationships - and, the ability to bring that 'good idea' to life...some scenes work magnificently while others flounder and fail...the bar scene with the birthday cake - oh dear!!!

The main problem with Gerontophilia is the lead actor - obviously a graduate from the Keanu Reeves School of Acting...pleasant to look at...but, as soon as he opens his mouth...all credibility immediately evaporates. When he doesn't speak, it works, he works.

The 'mother' and 'the nurse' over-act - annoyingly so.

LaBruce - if he is to continue his journey down mainstream - will either have to hone his skills with directing actors or, simply, get better ones. Yes, budget restraints always present a problem....but, a truly gifted director should be able to get an acceptable performance out of a stone.

Technically, it's fine...the script needed a radical re-write...the jealousy doesn't work, the nurse comes across as bi-polar, the mother needed to be cut and the girlfriend had to be less understanding.

A wholly contentious subject done with very little conflict...it needed more grit.

Still, it is LaBruce's most accessible, credible and best film to date.

Onwards and upwards.

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