God's Own Country (2017)

Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

This movie reminds me of my late dad, he had cancer and i was holding his hand on his last breath. I watched this truly gems twice and still captivating me til the end. All characters superb and genuinely good. A must see one.

This is definitely one of those movies that you watch at around 3 am when you can't sleep and you're so exhausted that nothing makes sense but everything that matters does. It is a slow burner moving but the connection that is established between the two main characters is worth every part of this movie. John was a little of annoying character to me because he always seemed lethargic but when it mattered most he was pretty alert. The chemistry between the two men shines through the fa-nominal acting displayed by the actors. Very much worth the watch if you want to spend the time and want something that will last in your heart/thoughts for a while.

The simplicity of this film outstanding! It's a Modern Day Brokeback Mountain.

This is not a gay film, but it is a masterful film about the transmission of love . Johnny, the main character just happens incidentally to be gay, a fact that is never hidden, nor challenged but is as grudgingly accepted as are other characteristics such as drunkenness by the other characters he relates to. Relates is hardly an appropriate term for the displays of his anger, frustration and resentment that is largely evident through his inability to acknowledge and communicate his feelings on his path to self-destruction. Enter the low status itinerant worker who becomes the catalyst that displays an alternative role model to Johnny as they by and large go about the mundanities of working on the farm. The magic woven by the quiet presence of this stranger is Shakespearian in its impact, with Biblical parallels. The love that has lain beneath the surface of each of the main characters emerges achingly slowly with subtlety and inevitability . As sure as the sun insinuates itself onto the frozen fields, the heads lift, the eyes open and the hearts beat louder than the ever present wind. Love is awakened, for the animals for the previously hidden beauty of the harsh landscape, and for each of the characters for each other. Each in their own way they begin to communicate the care they feel for everything and everyone around them. And not least is Johnnys salvation through discovering his repressed feelings for the farm the animals his disabled father, his stoic grandmother and his lover. But most of all he discovers self-love. And they all walk taller. This is not a gay film . It is a film about hope and it is portrayed on screen with as much love and as surely as if it was a love poem.