i would have give this film a 3 but i figure a 1 would be more effective in bring the average rating down . i initially rent this movie because of it high rating and i just want to contribute a low score to prevent others from rent it solely because of it high rating . yes and i be sure lesbian have cathartic moment where they must face the reality of their inner soul or sexual predisposition . however and i find this movie to be be incredibly predictable and terribly arduous . the director could have edit half the movie without lose any appeal . also and i be not sure if the writer or producer or director be gay ( nor do it really matter ) but the tone of the movie be very biased . the incredibly sensitive poet or teacher or photographer and soon to be lover of annabelle have a rather disappointing love scene with her boyfriend . it be a cold and rather mechanical scene film above the boyfriend while he be literally pump the conflicted lesbian teacher with the fervor and passionate skill of a mongoose . she and without his knowledge and make obvious expression of tolerant disdain for his effort ( amazingly enough and my face be mimic her expression of disappointment throughout the movie ) . of course and eventually we come to the climactic love scene between the no longer conflict teacher and lovely annabelle . big surprise the love scene between them be passionate and romantic and full of heat . a complete reversal . shock how ingenious the director be . why do this annoy me . well and set aside the fact the character be lesbian . but and could they not have make the male patsy less mechanical and more skilled in bed . she could have be on top and he could have be pleasuring her and more foreplay and etc . it would have be more effective this way because it would have show that it be not the lack of creativity and variety in bed that make her feel uneasy with her boyfriend but it be just the unfortunate fact that he be bear a male . the homosexual community do not have the patent on great sex . oh and i almost forget one of the ridiculous subplots . annabelle be apparently the daughter of a female senator with aspiration for the presidency and she send her trouble maker daughter to the catholic school which employ the poetry teacher . in the end and they be catch and the teacher be arrest by what look like government official . this be ridiculous and unrealistic . if this be the case and the event would have be quietly put under the rug and so to speak and and annabelle would have be transfer by her mother and the evil goal orient senator . the end be even more distasteful and improbable than the movie . additionally and do anyone even feel uncomfortable with the age difference and the fact that an authority figure ( a teacher ) have a sexual relationship with a student . many people seem enamor and blind by the story of the relationship between simone ( she look like she be at least 43 year old ) and lovely 17yo annabelle . although the character be present a an intelligent and worldy 17yo girl and this story could have be more effective if annabelle be a college grad student and simone be the young poetry professor . this will also eliminate the ridiculous sub plot about annabelle senator mother . oh gosh and and why do every young lose love story have to include an ex lover that commit suicide ( simone ex lover that she still mourn for ) . doesn not be gay and a teacher in a catholic school provide enough angst and development for the character . how much must a woman suffer to pull the audience in . too too cliché . so much more to say and but i think i feel relieve of the 96 minute burden i just experience .