Apparently this movie appeared in the Gothenburg International Film Festival a few years back. I however managed to completely miss it which I remedied the other night. I had no expectations in particular and no real feeling about it acquired from trailers, reviews or what-not.
In many ways it is standard north American independent film. The production was fine, as were the actors. The issues that are dealt with, finding one's sexuality, growing up, being an outsider, are common to this genre. Curiously it shares themes with high school movies, even though here they are taken (allegedly at least) more seriously.
The Canadian winter works as an effective frame for the story underlining the isolation the characters all feel. We get to follow Emerson, a homeschooled genius kid and how troublesome he finds it settling in school. His parents are slowly drifting apart, each of them dealing with it differently, but both destructively. Emerson finds an ally and something of an intellectual match in his teacher mr Grant. Presumably due to his having little contact with the world outside of his parents hippie-like friends Emerson explores his relation to his teacher too far.
It provides an interesting watch though one has the feeling one has seen precisely this before. The problem of the movie is neither in the plot nor the themes but in some of the character development which seems rather strange at times. None-the-less this is a fairly good movie and is worth a watch.
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