DVD Review: Between Love & Goodbye: Simon Miller, Justin Tensen, Rob Harmon, Jane Elliott, Casper Andreas: Movies & TV
DVD Review: Between Love & Goodbye: Simon Miller, Justin Tensen, Rob Harmon, Jane Elliott, Casper Andreas: Movies & TV
Review
Helmer-scripter Casper Andreas
seems to have hit his stride
with the operatic excesses of
melodrama. –Ronnie Scheib, Variety
Product Description
Kyle and Marcel are in love at first sight. Marcel, who is from France,
marries his lesbian friend Sarah so he can stay in the US with Kyle.
Enter Kyle s sister, April, a former prostitute who needs a place to crash.
Taking a quick disliking to Marcel, April methodically drips poison into
their happiness. But where Marcel sees a conniving woman with a notso-
hidden agenda, Kyle only sees his sister in need. The perfect couple
falls headlong into possessiveness, jealousy and rage; trapped in the
tangled emotions found in that space between love and goodbye.
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Beware 5-star reviews by the film’ Producer,
By C. M. Szatmary -
It is shameful that the Executive Producer, Mich Lyon, for “Beyond Love & Goodbye” offers his film a 5-star review without identifying his participation.
between good & excellent,
By Mich Lyon (Scottsdale, AZ USA) -
In many movies - young, hot, handsome and talented - are the basis of the perfect union. However, in Casper Andreas’ third film, Marcel (Justin Tensen) and Kyle (Simon Miller) find themselves on the complicated side of love. This high drama takes you on the roller coaster ride of a modern gay relationship from hello to goodbye.
The story focuses on the common barriers to a gay relationship, including discriminatory immigration laws, New York City’s low income housing crisis and insidious family members (Rob Harmon as April). Kyle is unable to focus attention on his budding music career, sister, as well as, Marcel. Marcel, although prepared to deal with immigration and housing issues, is inexperienced at handling the ups, downs, ins and outs of loving another.
This movie is full of energy and the cast, as an ensemble, is good. The soundtrack is excellent, the direction by Andreas (”A Four Letter Word”) is fine. The dialog reflects the youth of the characters, barriers between cultures and reflects a time before legal gay marriage. The unanticipated ending brought a tear to my eye.
Romance Gone Wrong,
By Amos Lassen (Little Rock, Arkansas) -
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)
“Between Love and Goodbye”
Romance Gone Wrong
Amos Lassen
Marcel (Justin Tensen) and Kyle (Simon Miller) are lovers who share a romance that comes to no good. The film opens with French citizen, Marcel marrying Sarah, a lesbian so that he can stay in the United States with his boyfriend. Marcel and Kyle move in together and begin their lives together, However, when Kyle’s troubled transgendered sister, April (Rob Harmon) comes to live with them for a while, things begin to break down and the results are awful for the two guys. Kyle is unable to pay attention to both Marcel and April. Marcel wants more time with his lover; he feels that April is getting in the way but he deals with the problem with aggression and in an insulting manner. His relationship with Kyle begins to slip away from him. At the same time April is having her own problems especially when her body does not accept her breast implants. She has them removed, shaves her head and decides to return to being a man again.
This is a movie that is full of energy and the cast, as an ensemble, is quite good. The direction by Casper Andreas (”A Four Letter Word”) is fine but the trouble is in the screenplay. The dialog is quite poor and so much of what is said seems forced. The plot just does not ring true and we do not know whether to feel sorry for the guys or to hate them.
I often enjoy the films of Andreas but this one left me devoid of feeling. The ending, as shocking as it is, just made me angry. I expected much more. Nevertheless, the soundtrack is quite good and the boys are easy on the eyes. Maybe my judgment of the movie is incorrect; you will have to see for yourself.
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