Excellent movie.
Loggerhead is a type of sea turtle that the character played by Kip Pardue is obsessed with saving. It plays well with the tagline for the movie: "One son. Two mothers. Three endangered lives."
Here, Kip Purdue reminds us AIDS is still an important issue. Tess Harper is a minister's wife consumed with letting her gay son run away from them. Bonnie Hunt is a car rental agent who goes on a quest to find out what happened to a son she gave up for adoption. All in North Carolina.
This is not a typical gay movie. It's a heavier fare with excellent acting. Bonnie Hunt was the only one I knew, but everyone is great in it, especially Tess Harper.
I do wish the minister, played by Chris Sarandon, would have learned a harsh lesson for discriminating against his son and gay neighbors, but the movie has a pace which I think requires a few things to be left unsaid. I went for it. It made sense, but I almost didn't give it a LightShed 10 for that (lack of lesson for the Minister).
Also, there is not much skin for a gay movie. This is pretty much it:
But you'll be glad skin was pretty much left out. Enjoy the great plot and film making instead.
You can watch the trailer here. The movie is out on DVD already, and will be available March 28 on Netflix.com. Queue it up now!
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