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One thing about movies; if it starts badly it can only get worse. It will not improve. If I had to use one word to characterize it the word would be "dross". It was the opposite of inspiring. I wanted to get out but my wife made me hang in until the bitter and banal end. It was unconvincing. The script was utterly witless. Some in the audience were smirking and giggling; so all I could think was " some people are easily entertained". The lines were largely scatological. Excreta seemed to be a recurring theme. The "romance" scenes were more like bodily functions. The kid on the potty was also a recurring and unwanted theme- kind of disgusting. Is that meant to be funny? No it was just gross; just like seeing the guy performing his bodily function on somebody's wife. I wish he had kept the commandment about not committing adultery. The apposed twists were contrived but simultaneously seemed like afterthoughts. It was Americana at its worst. This trash started poorly but managed to get inexorably worse. With 5 minutes to go I said to my wife there is still time for it to get even worse; you guessed it. It did get worse and worse until I finally managed to escape. The only escapism involved was escaping from the Adelaide cinema. This movie made me proud to be Australian. I said to my wife "I am so glad I am not American". This shambles was a comprehensive embarrassment. Don't waste your precious time.

I thought it was pretty good. Some gay reviewers found legitimate fault I suppose but perhaps the general public for whom it was made still need to be taught tolerance. It was great to get out of America for a while and see the Welsh world. I liked the singing of the Welsh people too. It was nice to see tolerance a major theme of a movie. The acting was good and the script did not insult the intelligence. It holds the attention well and was never boring though it seemed a little too long towards the end. Yes not a bad effort and refreshing to get out of Hollywood for a while. The conversion to tolerance on the part of some was not fully explained but over all it was well paced. One could relate to the characters- there was a certain credibility to this film but hard-line gay activists might be able to pick holes in it.