I feel sympathy for Jonathan and his whole familial situation and the rest of his entourage. I'm gay and my formative years were in the mid-seventies to eighties. I'm fortunate not to have come from such a dysfunctional background. Quite the opposite. That doesn't mean I didn't go through some pretty f*cked-up years and still am a bit screwed up. Too many drugs, too many quickies, all in the search of love.
The particular, supposedly unique, self-revelatory story of this film, which is admittedly brilliantly shot and edited, I have witnessed and had to endure so many countless number of times in my life; whether told from a teen hustler in N.Y.C. to an old drunk in a bar, and in the end sounds like the same old broken record. Maybe I'm just a bit jaded.
Without wishing to condemn, it is more than apparent that Jon and his family were/are festering in their own self-perpetuating illnesses. It's a pity. Jon was right to get out. And all the best to him. For those unfamiliar with his particular plight, I'm sure that this film was a revelation. To those of us who have been around the block a few times, however, despite its brilliant execution, the film was a story retold.
Bravo, however, for Jon having the balls (pun intended) to tell it.
Hugh Corston Quebec City Canada
The particular, supposedly unique, self-revelatory story of this film, which is admittedly brilliantly shot and edited, I have witnessed and had to endure so many countless number of times in my life; whether told from a teen hustler in N.Y.C. to an old drunk in a bar, and in the end sounds like the same old broken record. Maybe I'm just a bit jaded.
Without wishing to condemn, it is more than apparent that Jon and his family were/are festering in their own self-perpetuating illnesses. It's a pity. Jon was right to get out. And all the best to him. For those unfamiliar with his particular plight, I'm sure that this film was a revelation. To those of us who have been around the block a few times, however, despite its brilliant execution, the film was a story retold.
Bravo, however, for Jon having the balls (pun intended) to tell it.
Hugh Corston Quebec City Canada