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Release Date: 2022-11-05
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TMDB Rating: 7.1/10 from 49 votes on TMDB
HIDDEN GEM
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When 16-year-old Manu realises that he has fallen in love with his bandmate Felipe, turbulent emotions start brewing beneath the surface. How do you avoid losing a friendship once its very foundation has shifted?
Genres: Drama|
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Release Date: 2022-11-05
Movie Revenue: $0
Movie Runtime: 100
Language: Spanish
There certainly has been no shortage of coming of age films in recent years, and many of those have had LGBTQ+ elements as part of their storylines. And now writer-director Mariano Biasin has added to that list with his third feature offering about a teenage boy who’s become infatuated with one of his longtime pals from childhood. To complicate matters, as members of an aspiring rock band, they spend much of their time together, which leads to an ever-growing fixation for the curious young man the more he’s in his friend’s company. His feelings become further strained when his sidekick starts bragging about his growing list of female conquests, prompting quiet but powerful fits of jealously from his secret admirer and increasing tension in their long-tenured relationship. Unfortunately, other than the rock band story thread, this is far from an original narrative in the history of LGBTQ+ cinema. What’s more, the opening act is more of a jumble of rambling, seemingly unrelated images than the makings of a coherent story, almost to the point where this film would have been better titled “Cryptic” or “Vague.” Moreover, the picture places a strong emphasis on its musical numbers, most of which are admittedly decent enough, though there are quite a few of them, a fact probably attributable to the filmmaker’s experience as a director of music videos. But, when you add that to the fact that the screenplay tends to get somewhat repetitive as the story plays out, you’ve got an increasingly tedious film that leaves viewers wondering when all of this is finally going to get wrapped up. In short, “Sublime” is a work that could definitely use some retooling (and a little more imagination) to make it a more worthwhile viewing choice, especially in light of the many other better options available in both gay cinema and music videos. Choose them instead.
Review via The Movie Database (TMDB)
This was a little disappointing for me. Billed as the story of a young gay guy who was secretly in love with his best friend since childhood and yes, that is true. However, the movie hardly dealt with that. Both boys are in a band and the first hour and ten minutes focused just on the band hanging out, practicing and writing songs. Finally, when they do deal with the gay content it's only a few scenes at the end of the movie. Don't get me wrong, it wasn't a bad movie - but it wasn't much of a gay movie either.
Review via The Movie Database (TMDB)