Hold Your Peace (2011) Reviews

• Unpretentious and Pleasant

  FromDecatur2014-04-23

  The movie surprised me. At first I was prepared not to like it--the plot looked to be obvious, things that were going to happen were telegraphed very plainly, the acting more measured than I would have expected from a romantic comedy. So how did I end up giving the movie a 6? I think it was intentional--the movie wasn't trying to be ground-breaking in terms of plot or character. It simply brought to life a particular set of characters in a particular situation. While I didn't necessarily like all the characters, I enjoyed seeing them go through the process laid out at the start of the movie. The world has really changed when we can have gay cinema that doesn't have to be ground-breaking.

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• Does not do for me

  itsvivek4u2011-07-14

  You can have a very decent idea on paper and it does sound very exciting when you start working on it. But when it comes to execution, the impact goes completely missing. This is exactly what happened with this film. On paper, it would have sounded quite new and nice, and to an extent it came out fine on screen as well but in totally this film was missing a lot of things, the main thing being the connection with me. I just was not able to connect to the film. I will write more on why it failed to do so. Its been 2 years since Aiden and Max broke up but Aiden is still hung up on his old love. Meanwhile Max found Forrest and they are about to get married. When Max's best man bails out at the last minute, his only option left is Aiden who after initial reluctance agrees. He realizes that he cannot go to the wedding alone and he needs a boyfriend. With help from his female roommate Janice, he convinces blond, cutie twink Lance to go with him. But things are not exactly what they seem. Soon it i evident that Max doesn't really appreciate everything that Forrest does for him. Aiden cant stop thinking about Max and lance is falling in love with Forrest. Max finally confronts Max who categorically makes it very clear that it is only Forrest whom he wants and Aiden's chance is lost. Lance in sot so many direct words lets Forrest know about his feelings for him who doesn't reciprocate because he is getting married. And ow the wedding is about to happen and with a sudden twist, the real lovers unite. This end comes so sudden that I was life WTF. Despite having so much discussions and arguments, no on was ready to give in and now suddenly when priest asks if anyone has any objection, Aiden and Lance just say they do and then suddenly Max is with Aiden and Forrest is with Max. It was so absurd and weird and came out totally bizarre. I man we all knew it will happen, but so sudden? C'mmon. And what was up with Max. His acting was so lame and bad that I cant describe it. His facial expressions wee so forced be it with any of the characters. The only real connection seemed to be just between Janice, Aiden and Lance. Even Forrest was shown a just a sugar sweet guy which just so did not suit his personality. This was one of the reasons that film looked so fake. It just did not connect with me at all. I mean I really did not even feel that Aiden really cared that much about Max, so after a point it rally didn't bother me on who ends up with whom. There were definitely some funny moments but they were all because of Janice and Lance who did decent in their characters. This romantic comedy falls much short in expectations.

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• Crappy Ending

  ralphmichael2015-05-02

  The movie had a potential at first. A typical Rom-Com of boyfriends breaking up then years later meet up and realizing they are still in love but couldn't because both are already with someone else. I just couldn't believe what happened at the end. There should have been a scene that prepared us of what will happen at the ending but there was none. I was made to believe that there is no hope left. But then boom, happy ending right away.I was like "WHAT?!!!!" About the acting of all actors (except Janice), what's up with that? I thought I liked the movie during the first 3 quarters. The ending killed it.

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• I want to be "TRANSPORTED".....

  arizona-philm-phan2012-02-11

  .....at least a Couple of Feet...when I watch a Gay Romance movie. Sorry to say...this film moved me barely an Inch. Even after a couple of watchings. And here are just a few reasons WHY (I exclude any comment on the storyline, which "itsvivek4u" has already done a good job of providing here on these pages): Two of the 4-STARs awarded above were added only due to decent cinematography and the acting of Blair / McCurley I will NOT be keeping this film in my Gay DVD Library. ****

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• A GOOD EFFORT. I ENJOYED IT.

  raymarsh-510842019-05-10

  It took a little while to get into this, but after about 24 minutes the plot really starts to get gripping. The ending was a little bit unexpected. I liked it. Classy. Recommended.