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Horror fan 4 What a great movie. I laughed my ass off. Great performances and loved the characters especially Scotty. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/29/24 Full Review buaya d roadmovie mixed perfextly with dark comedy. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/22/23 Full Review catherine w Funny, moving, it opened my eyes to things I hadn't thought about before. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Wonderfully adapted and elevated by the performances of its actors. Brilliant lessons of humanity. 9/10 Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member sooo good. man. i wont soon forget this hidden gem. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/01/21 Full Review Audience Member This gentle drama-comedy is the kind of film I normally catch up with in-flight when we can travel by planes. Essentially a road movie crossed with a teen comedy, except they aren't teenagers (the oldest, in fact, is in his thirties here) but two guys in wheelchairs and a third who's blind who have decided to lose their virginities at a special brothel that caters for guys like them. Richard Wong's film is a remake of a Belgian movie which in turn was inspired by the real story of Asta Philpot, and you can see the struggle on screen where real events invoking natural emotional reactions sit not entirely comfortably next to fictionalized elements from which dramatic tensions and comedic potentials are mined. It's a good thing that Erik Linthorst's script generally keeps sentimentality in check and the film moves things along in a mostly sensitive and brisk manner. Sometimes, too briskly, as if scenes are missing, for example, in establishing how Grant Rosenmeyer's Scotty and Hayden Szeto's Matt go suddenly from strangers to best mates. Luckily, the cast is likeable, and at this point, I'm inclined to be more forgiving, for a small budgeted indie like this, about casting able-bodied actors in the main roles. However, I'm less forgiving about Matt's conveniently unnamed condition which was never explained properly so that it can act as the excuse for more than a few narrative surprises that create emotional and poignant dramatic moments I'm not sure the film has properly earned. While it does have its heart in the right place, it couldn't help tripping over itself by trying too hard to add pathos to what's really just a sweet little film about one of the most normal thing in the world: trying to get laid. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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