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because it translates the states of an age. in honest manner. because it is an exposure of vulnerability, masks and insecurity. and each of them becomes part of a kind of poetry of a special age. sure, it is easy to define it as a beautiful film. remembering many episodes from high school life in restroom. but it has the gift to be more than support for memory. but a simple, convincing, amusing, touching film. about two boys. and curiosity/challenge with special final.

Short films don't always get the attention they deserve on some audience review sites, or from audiences in general, but often a short film can do in a matter of minutes something more entertaining and expansive than a feature film of much longer length. I feel that this film is such a work - the feelings, emotions, and desires of both of the characters are portrayed in both covert and overt ways, along with the joy, challenge and, at times, awkwardness of each young man's exploration of sex, sexuality and sexual preference. Simultaneously both frank and direct, and humorous and tender, the situation, action and interaction, plot and climax of the film are all developed in a way that was, for me, extremely entertaining and enjoyable. I look forward to further work from those involved with this film, which was screened in the 2008 Frameline LGBT Film Festival in San Francisco, as part of the "Worldy Affairs" program of short films.

I agree with Russell's summation of this film. In only five minutes, there was a story arc and a completion of that arc. I have seen my share of film shorts and a number of them do not possess the genuine, thoughtful, inquisitive and fluid attributes of this film. The actors acted and reacted with one another with great ease. And the dialogue was something that I, or other people that I know, would hear in many parts of the world. The subject matter was handled in an impressive way. You have two young men who are curious and willing to explore something that they want to know more about with each other. That act requires honesty, trust and respect. The actors delivered the vulnerability of the lines with great skill and I imagine that was not easy to do. I believed what I saw in these five minutes and that impressed me. I cannot say that with many films that I have seen of much greater length. And that fact that the young men continued kissing during the closing credits was an added bonus.