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 [Larger view] | The Man I Love
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 Don't bother | |
| After declaring his love for the straight Lucas, Martin not only gains his love, he breaks up the heterosexual relationship Lucas was in at the time. (Oops!) Martin then proceeds to spend the duration of the film driving Lucas away. Since he's dying of AIDS, Martin is far too busy playing the martyr to acknowledge the pain his lover and mother are going through. He shows a completely selfish and callous disregard for anyone's feelings but his own. Martin is an insensitive, self-righteous jerk who deserves to die alone. Good riddance! | |
 French w/English Subtitles & this is an AIDS/HIV movie | |
| Those are the two most important things you should know about this movie prior to buying it (French w/English Subtitles & this is an AIDS/HIV movie). I knew about the French part, even though it wasn't clearly stated on the amazon site. The movie was well-done. I normally don't like AIDS/HIV movies, but this one was okay. The filming and acting were good. The storyline was okay (good-looking gay guy dying of AIDS falls in love with cute straight boy, cute straight boy comes to love the gay boy and helps him to the grave). Profanity and nudity are kept to a minimum, which I think is good. This might be better as a rental rather than a purchase. Do you really want to support the French? | |
| A decent, affecting film that disappoints. | |
| I have no idea where the picture on the cover came from. It's not even the pool in the movie. The actual movie is much more than just a simple pool boy infatuation.
Martin loves Lukas almost from the first moment they meet and pushes his way, through a series of chance and unlikely events, into Lukas's life and more. Unfortunately (for me at least) the story is eventually revealed to be yet another dying-with-AIDS gay love story. It's been done. Here it is done fairly well, but it isn't very fresh or interesting. I grew tired of Martin's constant demands of Lukas (do this, do that, get away from me, etc.) and had trouble sympathizing with his occasionally nasty demeanor once the connection with Lukas was made. That said, there are some touching expressions of love between the boys, including a wonderful wedding and "Mom," who steals the show. "Don't hurt my son or I'll put a bullet between your eyes." I believed her. It's worth seeing, but I would rent it first. |
