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When Love Comes
- Director: Garth Maxwell
- Writer: Garth Maxwell; Rex Pilgrim
- Producer: Jonathan Dowling; Michele Fantl
CGiii Comment
It would be too easy to condemn this film as overly indulgent - which it, undoubtedly, is.
As a film...it is an achievement from New Zealand that should be appreciated - however, the indulgence and the darker side of homosexuality makes it a little too unpalatable.
Maxwell obviously wants to tell the world that the gay community is just too fucked-up to be taken seriously.
Lighten up - the New Zealand countryside is a beautiful backdrop. Use it.
Still...worth a watch (maybe).
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Between getting trashed, tripping, blowing guys off and writing songs, Mark falls for Stephen. Fig and Sally put perform Marks songs between casual sex with anyone and everyone. Katie is a few-hit wonder who hit rock-bottom in L.A and returns to New Zealand to patch her life back together. Stephen, Mark and Katie branch out for a slumber party at a beach house of their better days. Fig and Sally arrive, and not long after Eddie arrives also (Katies American guy). Mark stops running away from Stephens love, Katie and Eddie get engaged and Fig and Sally ... have sex?
Cast & Characters
Rena Owen as Katie;
Dean O'Gorman as Mark;
Simon Prast as Stephen;
Nancy Brunning as Fig;
Sophia Hawthorne as Sally;
Simon Westaway as Eddie;
Judith Gibson as Magazine reporter;
Barret Irwin as Dreadlock guy;
Yolan Moodley as Boy at club;
Jon Brazier as Recording engineer;
Celia Nicholson as Drunk woman;
Grant Triplow as Waiter;
Lulu Alach as Lounge bar waitress;
John Dybvig as Lounge bar man;
Irene Drake as Lounge bar woman