this film be give bad review by both the gay and straight press . i do not understand why a there be some terrible dutch film that be rat more highly . ( karakter while wilde mossels while de grot ) these be truly awful film without any real narrative structure to make you want to continue from frame to frame . unfortunately one of them get an oscar and so the dutch have continue to produce pretentious unwatchable film that even their own population run away from . in this context gay have all the basic simplicity of a high class soap opera ( think dynasty ) and over the top character that with more intelligent handling could have come out of fassbinder . in fact the first two third of the film be harsh in a way that could only alienate both heterosexual and homosexual . i mean what straight man be capable of sit in a cinema and watch so much male kissing or so much gay sex . not many . and for a mainstream homosexual audience self criticism do not often come easy . the men lead shallow and selfish life and seem to live on a diet of sushi and champagne . this be not another country and neither be it a wish fulfillment fantasy about find the ideal boy next door . unfortunately after this promising start the film fell apart in the last section as soon a one of the character put on a dress and we enter la cage aux folles territory . it seem to me that the director have suddenly think oh my god what of the straight audience and their reaction . a man of course and in a dress and be hysterical be not a threat . this be not a bad film and certainly give it limitation be far more watchable than most dutch effort . it have a few laugh which be rare in a dutch film and it make you want to see how it would work out . the fact that the work out be a disappointment be just a pity . i think it time the dutch make another homosexual film but not call it gay which be plain boring and which leave nothing for those who have a queer perspective .