• A gay, drama romance about two, middle aged fellas, Dean and Alex, who reconnect after losing contact with one another for 15 years. Setting in the 29 Palms area of CA served as a relaxing backdrop, but we see the overuse of water(pool) and cigarettes as a common symbolic element in gay movies. Presumably the water element gives a logical reason for why the characters in gay movies must disrobe, show skin and perhaps get physical. I don't fancy being submerged in water so that wouldn't be a key element in one of my movies and I would try to use other natural reasons to portray nudity. The cigarettes have got to go. There hasn't been anything sexy about them since 1960. Now to the story line.....the two gay characters had had a summer long affair 15 years prior while they both lived in NYC. They parted ways and during that 15 year period we are to believe that a romantic/sexual fire still burned long and hot between them, yet no credible reason for the sustaining of this eternal fire was given. An online search helped them reconnect and within 15 minutes of their long overdue reunion, they started force Frenching and proceeded to pounce on one another in the bedroom. Hmmmm...not what two rational middle aged adults would likely do given the context. Much of the conversations between the two characters was realistic but far too slow and mundane. And let's face it, if we are going to be watching two dudes for 88 minutes, they had better be filmed in the most flattering ways....not so with Dean looking like a drowned water rat, long hair disheveled and water dripping down his glasses for much of the movie. The flash backs to their early 20s was not credible either and some of these shots lasted too long. It was too obvious that Dean and Alex did not look 20 something. Of course, Dean is married, to a guy, who's conveniently away for work in far away Australia. Only problem is...his long lost Alex doesn't know this until they've reconsummated their previous affair. Creates a bit of a credible dramatic tension, but how they part ways at the end doesn't give the viewer much of a happy feeling, nor does it signal an adult message that promotes maturity and wisdom.