johnrlee

Such a beautiful film! For every centimetre of merab's personal journey, I was there. I felt every arch. It was such a touching story, beautifully told through a brilliant character. It was the perfect setting, really, Georgia is such a beautiful country yet tradition is sacred, and what better scenario than a gay Georgian dancer. So much Passion, personal journey and friendship

Every character is so well written and authentic. It really feels like a film you become a part of.

It's extremely well shot and directed, and tells a complex story of platonic and romantic love.

Gay cinema has really taken on a new level now and this film is a fine example of it.

Dialogue was extremely on the nose, and jokes were very badly delivered. The acting was also over the top.

Not only was the screenwriting very poor, but the story itself was over sentimental and loaded with stereotypes.

The aloof nature of the characters created a disconnection and I felt I wasn't really rooting for any of them. I can only assume the book was more fleshed out in this regard.

This film feels fifteen years out of date, and more suited to the early noughties style of rom com. Would have been a great film for representation which is still to this day starved in the industry. However, this unfortunately was not the film to set the world on stage and pave way for more representative films - as much as I wish it was. Still, important to have been made, just felt very old hat and the world of rom coms has moved on since then.