5/5 Great character study
  by Jendeana (Fort Walton Beach)
I found this film to be quite engaging and maybe at times a little uncomfortable but in a good way. I could see the ticking timebombs everywhere and felt the tension as things were about to bubble over. It's not a typical guy movie. These friends have alot of growing up to do and I feel like by the end of it, they've done just that over the course of the weekend. Wounds that were left years ago are torn open and finally given a chance to heal. The acting is top notch from everyone involved. If your a fan of Martin Cummins, David Hewlett or Ian Tracy, this is not a film you want to miss.

3/5 Not What I Expected
  by Rolando A. Perez (Los Angeles, CA USA)
Whoever thought that this movie should be classified gay, should have their thinking process re-examined. In my opinion, the main plot or story of this movie is very heterosexual. Perhaps because there is a bed scene between two guys classifies it as gay, but it is mostly about guys bonding and their relationships since kids.

The plot revolves about a weekend outing of five guys who grew up together somewhere in Canada. It is the 30th birthday of one of the guys. They go to a cabin in the woods, a place where they use to hang together as kids. The cabin is now owned by a very successful lawyer, who happens to have a brother who is invited by one of the other guys. This guy is a looser and hated by his brother.

There is a songwriter (whose birthday is being celebrated), a gym instructor (who is acting straight but deep inside he is not), and a failing photographer (who is open gay and lets them all know at the reunion. At least he is honest about himself.) The photographer and the gym instructor go at it one night in bed. The gym instructor resents the fact that it happened, he claims he was drunk, the other guy doesn't think so.

The story is basically about how screwed up these men lives are, whether they are successful or not. The two brothers lives are closely examined and there seems to be a lot of flashback scenes on one of them dealing with a deer hunting trip with their father, whether he was forced to kill a dove to prove to be a man.

There is a lot drinking, inner soul searching, a lot of bickering and fighting among each other. A near drowning by the gambling brother (trying to commit suicide) brings them all back together at the end of the movie.

The movie was not a total disappointment but it is not what I expected. This is a mixed movie. May be some gay men can associate with this kind of material.

5/5 Wish there were more films out of Canada like this one
  by M. Murphy (Seattle, WA)
Excellent script, dialog, cast, etc. The characters were fully believable and it's too bad the actors only had a two hour movie to explore them. Martin Cummins and David Hewlett were especially good as the up-tight, controlling Yuppie and the hapless musical screwup respectively. Maybe there'll be a sequel or something similar?

I'm just happy they set the story in Canada and then did NOT pretend it was Michigan or up-state New York.

Kudos.

4/5 howmany plots can you have
  by Jonathan W. Lafleur (Rockland, Ma usa)
if you want to see what happens when you surpress things and don't see what is realy going on then watch it if not then don't this dvd shows you how messed up some families can be and that you do not always have to do things the way they were done in the past.

1/5 These guys are friends?
  by Patrick (Wisconsin, USA)
The guys in this movie are miserable. And it makes me miserable watching them.