Lonesome (2022)

Lonesome (2022). 1h 35m | TV-MA

“Lonesomeu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWho would have thought that a movie director and script writer in 2022 could conclude that some attitude and sporadic nudity was sufficient to sustain a movie…….well it just ainu0026#39;t! At best we had some simplistic emotional exploration but it was shallow.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere was an early scene on the beach with Casey that remained unexplained, in fact it was a slow burn revealing his backstory. When it was revealed it was quite banal, things got complicated at home so he fled to the city. Wow so rare!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhat was good was the chemistry between Casey and Tib, this was the only reason I continued watching. Also the losing oneself in transient relationships to avoid emotional entanglements was cleverly engaged with as a coping mechanism in gay life.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eDespite the emotional vacuum Casey became u0026quot;attachedu0026quot; to Tib and then misread a situation that lead to a violent encounter. I got the feeling we were looking at children pretending to be adults, what with the constant storming in and out! As a depiction of gay life this was a rainy Tuesday in Brighton and only slightly more interesting than u0026quot;hair nightu0026quot; lol!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAlways a problem how to end such a movie and I think they went with the right choice. At best this is a 5 out of 10 I enjoyed the camera work but the story was so shallow. It really needed a proper script writer.”