#123movies #fmovies #putlocker #gomovies #solarmovie #soap2day Watch Full Movie Online Free – Franky Winter has long been best friends with his high school classmate, Ballas Kohl, much like their parents, Carly and Ray Winter and Angie and Nic Kohl, have been friends. Ray though is now the odd person out since the recent divorce when he realized he was in love with a man, his current partner Brendan. Franky and Ballas are among the popular group of students, and are on the school swim team together, Ballas being the team captain. While Ballas has just started a sexual relationship with Jessica, Franky in turn could have his choice of any girl – at least according to the scuttlebutt provided to him by his friend Mouse, a boy trapped in a girl’s body, from what she overhears in the girls’ washroom. But Franky has chosen to date Cil (Priscilla), they planning to have their first sexual encounter the night of his seventeenth birthday party. Franky’s first was almost Ballas’ younger sister, Tash, who has just returned to school following “the incident” for which she is now labeled a slut and she is now sneaking alcohol to cope. When Franky and Cil’s planned post-party sexual encounter falls through at the last minute, Franky and Ballas end up having a drunken bros’ night out after the party, which leads to the start of a sexual encounter between the two of them. Word of this encounter begins to circulate among their classmates. Franky is painted as the gay one and is shunned by his so-called friends, including Cil and Ballas, because of it. In the process, Franky not only has to address his own sexual feelings in their entirety, but also the homophobia he displays against his father, with whom Franky chooses not to have much of a relationship.
Plot: Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
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A nuanced story with a smart conclusion.
I mostly do streaming so I often forget what dvds are in my queue and usually don’t remember what they’re about when they arrive. So it was when this one arrived. Right off the bat I could tell it was a coming out film, and at first I almost popped it out of the tray. Not because of the subject but because It started with a sort of milquetoast quality, like one of those ‘coming-out in suburbia’ stories where the bullies finally get their comeuppance and everything works out in the end. But I continued watching and was pleased that it turned out to be a nuanced story with a satisfyingly suspended ending that didn’t pander. I liked it. 7/10.
Nothing Little Here
This ONE was a tough one to watch. A GIANT tear-fest, if I may.
Yeah, I spent a good 80% of this movie experience in tears. It’s a hotspot with me to see gay-bullying or shaming. I grew up with this and saw it and experienced it and want to strike back. But what this character had…what I never had: people around him who experienced this before or would understand.
What a refreshing take! Being sexual isn’t one-sided. Here, the message is: Be WHO YOU ARE. Not one labelled sexuality. People shouldn’t be told they 100% fit in this box or that one. There are 100s of boxes out there. Be Who You Are.
I digress. Best buds for most of their lives, now in High School, discover they have a thing for each other despite their current opposite-sex relationships. Well, homophobia’s not going away any time soon, sadly, so tension arises at school and in their personal life.
Teens have so much to deal with and sexuality is a big part of it. Mercifully for our lead Franky here, he DOES have people to talk with about what he’s going through. He is lucky, more than he knows. Not many of us do or did.
The movie is beautifully shot, incredibly acted and perfectly realistic. I never once was taken out of this picture as I saw ALL of this as real. Hence all the tears and remembrances of said bullying, mocking and homophobia. It’s SO sad this still takes place. I pray it’ll get better as we progress as a human race.
Add all that with a fantastic soundtrack and you have a 100% recommendation from me. I am so happy sexuality has evolved to more than one or the other and this movie will give hope to those more curious to who they are.
Final thoughts: I’m so envious of Franky, even though the character never fully appreciated it. He had his actual gay father for help. I never had anyone. My church was against me. Society was against me. I never knew anyone gay or non-straight. And my parents were certainly against me. They kicked me out of their house TWICE for being gay.
So, if you have someone close to you who understands, consider yourself lucky. But, if you don’t…I’ll be there for you. It’s the VERY least I can do.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 33 min (93 min)
Director Keith Behrman
Writer Keith Behrman
Actors Josh Wiggins, Darren Mann, Taylor Hickson
Country Canada, United States
Awards 6 wins & 9 nominations
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Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
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