"I rented this DVD from Netflix, and had high hopes for it. It was rated NR and would contain graphic sex scenes ala Shortbus and 9 Songs, however I was horrified to see this little grey circle censoring any naughty stuff. This completely ruined the viewing experience for me, and I would caution anyone renting or purchasing this DVD to make sure they get an uncensored copy."
"A beautiful and tender story that turns around a 15 year-old Yorkshire boy who tames and trains his pet. One of the most remarkable films of that decade directed by that young and raising promise. Ken Loach.
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"Hi all, a wonderful story. It's not everyday that you see a movie about this subject. I confess that I love movies of odd topics, I love birds of prey, and I adore films that speak to the value of life, the possibility of redemption, and the victory that is inherent in our lives if we only realize it.
Since this DVD is in PAL format you will need a multi-format region free DVD player. Do a search on it, they are plentiful and low priced.
As an after thought, why do so many foreign films out class US films? Perhaps because they do not cater to the lowest common denominater."
"This film is so beautiful-i saw it in the U.K.I really wish they would release in U.S format so i could have it to keeeep!!It is very realistic real film that gets right under your skin and into the little boy's head.Life is stark and hard for him but when he flys or handles that bird ,it sets his soul free.Not much time left-he's soon going to grow up and have to work in the mine and be smothered by mundane grind like folks around him.Heartbreaking without an once of sentimentality so this film gets you.Somewhat upsetting.But so goddam beautiful."
"In the broad daylight, in a heart of the City of Melbourne, Australia, a male dancer had been abducted to become a live sexual toy gratifying three women.
Very lucky to stay alive (see Boy Meets Girl [Region 2], for instance), he engages in a rampage of sex with strangers, trying to find out mysterious she-rapists by body-marks noticed on face-covered sexual predators, and this paranoic investigating leads to pitiful results.
Rather philosophical than entertaining movie with some homoerotic trend, attracting to Australia a particular segment of hoping tourists, perhaps.
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