Boys (2014)

Natural and real. Cinematography was excellent. Oh, and a LGBT+ movie with happy ending!

This beautiful tender coming-of-age movie was very well made. I enjoyed it from the beginning to the very end. It was so lovely. Fantastic acting and great story line. Best of all is that it has a very happy ending.The love shared between Sieger and Marc takes courage. Young first love that is only beautiful. It is something that we all can related too I imagine with our first love whether we are gay or straight. Those days and innocent memories are like living in a cocoon of sweet dreams, that was what the director and the actors were able to fully convey with this wonderful movie. Thank you a million times over for making this.

I agree with all the previous reviewers. This film is not spectacular or raw or groundbreaking, it is simply real and wonderful. In it's brief span it touches on the family dynamics of loss and love - two boys dealing in different ways with the death of their mother. A father trying to guide his sons while coping with his own loss. The surprise of first love and the devastating fear that forces you to deny it. The film is filled with magical but truthful moments, sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes both at once. A glance that goes straight to the heart. A gaze into the mirror (too true to ever be trite). A moment when a friend knows how to be a friend. "Marc and you, you make a good team . . . really good." The moment I lost it - at the end when the "family" is eating takeout on the patio and Sieg goes to the empty kitchen to make his peace and his decision. Bravo to an extraordinary cast, crew and filmmaker - and thanks.

The story focused mainly on Sieger's internal struggles of being gay as he gets attracted to one of his teammates, the more open-minded Marc. His fear is shown when he tries to have a girlfriend and be like one of his straight peers. The movie was able to capture the special friendship between the two boys quite naturally. Love that backward run smiles of Marc at the start. The scenes where the two boys exchange glances, kiss, train and play together are easy to understand by anyone who has experienced young love. No graphic sex scenes are shown in the film so even teenagers can safely watch it. The film also shows Sieg's relationship with his dad, his best friend Stef and his brother Ed.Movie is well-paced unlike some of the slow moving gay-themed films I have watched. Photography is excellent and music is just right and not too overwhelming. I like the usage of blurred images turning to focus. It doesn't feel at all like a TV movie. It's worth watching all over again...