An unconvincing redemptive love story that, with the exception of when Ben KINGSLEY, is indifferently acted and written. The direction is stylish but the style tells us little about the characters nor their motivations. This is a genre piece pretending to be an art movie pretending to be a genre piece. It would be better to simply have a story and get on with telling it rather than waste our time trying to make the package acceptable when you suspect the content is not.
This could have been a thorough-going analysis of what happens to those who lack love in their lives because they will not accept their true nature - in this case, homosexuality - and the psychotic conflicts this creates within oneself. But, it is not because the characters are far too thin and lightweight: There is no real understanding of the unethical mind.
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