Shelter [Gay Movie Review]

I thought it might be a good idea to write some Movie Reviews, and since Movie Reviews are a penny a dozen on the Internet I thought I'd focus on a genre that isn't addressed on the same scale.  So I have decided to write a series of Movie Reviews on Gay themed Movie or Movies of Gay Interest.  I wrote a few of these before for another web-site which I have since left and thought I would begin again.  The original reviews were somewhat lacking in detail anyway.

I have short-listed a few Movies I intend to review and since some of them are quite dark and touch on some heavy hearted subject matter I thought I would start with something light and warm hearted.  This is a review of the Movie 'Shelter' which was originally released in 2007.  The Movie revolves around a guy named Zach who's an artist living in California.  He's very much a victim of circumstance and finds himself trapped in a life with ever mounting responsibilities that he never asked for all of which take their toll.

He uses his art as an escape but when his friend's brother who is a writer comes to town he finds a kindrance.  The pair have a growing relationship which becomes the main focus on the film.  Ultimately Zach develops as a character learning how to take control of his life and put his own desires and his own interests first rather than being the peripheral to others. 

The Movie covers some issues with coming to terms with sexuality but the main focus of the Movie is a Love story.  It's not all plain sailing or surfing as the case may be but I found this Movie quite warm natured as a whole.  It doesn't fully embrace the darker side and the challenges faced by many LGBT people but I think this is mainly due to the Movie being a US production.  Many US produced Movies as far as LGBT issues go seem to prefer the Rose Coloured Glasses approach to life with many Movies being soppy or overly comedic case in point 'Another Gay Movie' which I will review later.

Overall I would give this Movie 6 out of 10  It had many positive points but I felt it was a bit under developed.