This will be a very short review since I only managed to get through 15 minutes of this movie.
About
SPOILERS
According to the summaries of the movie, two boys from a Christian School during martial law in Taiwan are let out for a day and experience the world like they haven’t done before. Both are gay but despite this one marries a woman. The two meet up after 30 years of not seeing each other than reflect on the past but will they rekindle a romance?
Review
I do seem to be in a minority of people who didn’t appreciate the film so I would recommend checking it out for yourself.
The point at which I turned the movie off was the abuse scenes in the locker room. I’ve seen the same old stuff repeated across many LGBTQ orientated films and didn’t really want to re-experience it again. I also saw much of this in real life during the 1960s/70s and quite frankly I just need to move on from those dire days.
The LGBTQ community is becoming more represented in TV and film but the characters are focused around drugs, violence, drunkenness, sex and poor behaviour. I tend to see this a lot in western productions and seem to have better luck with Asian programs focus on a story that aligns with my thinking.
Based on what I saw I just give it a 1/5.
This is the first Taiwanese production, TV or film, I have not enjoyed. I guess there is always a first time.