There's real chemistry between the two actors.
04/11/08 01:44 PM
Shelter (2008)
53 %
Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 8 Rotten:7 Average Rating: 5.7/10
Runtime: 88 mins
Synopsis:
A man overcomes his hectic life to fall in love with his friend's brother in this engaging drama. SHELTER stars Brad Rowe (BILLY'S HOLLYWOOD SCREEN KISS) and Tina Holmes (EDGE OF SEVENTEEN). [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Trevor Wright, Brad Rowe, Tina Holmes
Director: Jonah Markowitz
Screenwriter: Jonah Markowitz
Producer: J.D. DiSalvatore
Composer: J. Peter Robinson
Screenwriter: Jonah Markowitz
Producer: J.D. DiSalvatore
Composer: J. Peter Robinson
Reviews
1 - 15 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
An awkward, phony melodrama you don't need to be homophobic to hate.
04/04/08 01:12 PM
The first theatrical release from the here! Network’s Independent Film Initiative, shaves the edges off the genre’s hoariest tendencies, for which it deserves credit and will hopefully be the start of a trend. But it’s still an uninspiring drama.
04/04/08 10:25 AM
A coming-out, coming-of-age movie that is mediocre and very well-intentioned.
04/04/08 10:11 AM
Top Critic Shelter may only be shoreline deep, and its ending fanciful, but the film captures the beauty, thrill and ache of young love and extracts a casual joy out of the process.
04/03/08 12:40 PM
All the muted, oh-so-painful male bonding grows tiresome and predictable.
03/31/08 02:07 PM
In the sweet and sexy romance Shelter, the chemistry between two surfer guys magnetically played by Brad Rowe and newcomer Trevor Wright is so electric, so palatable that even the most ardent nitpickers won't break a sweat over the small stuff.
03/28/08 01:13 PM
Shelter is a gay movie like other American gay movies. Boy meets boy. Boy comes out. Boys fight opposition. Opposition caves. If there's life beyond the closet, too few movies know it exists.
03/28/08 01:10 PM
Shelter rises very high indeed, thanks to a superb performance by Trevor Wright in the lead role, a strong supporting cast, very good cinematography and, most of all, emotional authenticity.
03/28/08 12:44 PM
A confused young artist is torn between his family and his future in Shelter, a sensitive romantic drama from the writer and director Jonah Markowitz.
03/28/08 11:47 AM
Top Critic Rowe displays new authority and confidence, as if lately he’s been looking in the mirror and seeing himself, rather than that other, more famous blond.
03/27/08 10:21 AM
The first project of the here! gay television network's new movie initiative, Shelter regrettably plays closer to Lifetime fodder.
03/23/08 01:52 PM
What could have been a standard-issue coming-out, coming-of-age movie develops a remarkable intimacy.
03/21/08 05:57 PM
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