The photography and camera work are beautiful, the acting is good, I was really satisfied with it.
The only thing that is amiss is the script. It doesn't make you feel for the characters, except for a few moments for the gay kid and later for the father. Because of that it reads as a film about nothing, none of the feelings and events are explored enough so it should have either been a longer film or have less things too focus on and in more depth.
The movie starts well enough and the pacing is good but when it gets to the point of the competition it just finishes abruptly without any sort of conclusion or epilogue. It builds up to nothing.
Also if you want to watch it for the gay issues you'll find very little (albeit not none, but they only scratch the surface) material here.
The only thing that is amiss is the script. It doesn't make you feel for the characters, except for a few moments for the gay kid and later for the father. Because of that it reads as a film about nothing, none of the feelings and events are explored enough so it should have either been a longer film or have less things too focus on and in more depth.
The movie starts well enough and the pacing is good but when it gets to the point of the competition it just finishes abruptly without any sort of conclusion or epilogue. It builds up to nothing.
Also if you want to watch it for the gay issues you'll find very little (albeit not none, but they only scratch the surface) material here.