Arizona Sky (2008)

I love this movie so much

Just what I expected

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Not everyone will appreciate Jeff London's film making style but I've actually found it refreshing in its straight forward (some would say simplistic) style and earnestness. The actors make the most of what they are given.

I watch a lot of independent films.I can be very very forgiving. But this is possibly the poorest product i have seen in a long time.The script is soooooooo bad. The angst the teenagers feel is so badly manufactured. They are unhappy, we get hints about parental abuse and family problems. Oh and then there is that gay thing. They are going to be separated when one moves away. I could buy into that part. But cut to years later and our character who has moved, has more angst now than ever. He is a miserable film producer. Maybe he was making this film, and knew how bad it was going to be so he had something to model on.The acting is atrocious but with a script like this i don't see how better acting could have helped it. Then there is the straight friend that seems to me to be a better option than the one he left behind in the little town in AZ. There is NO CHEMISTRY between the two actors who are supposed to be in love with one another. They have nothing in common. I would rather watch grass grow than this piece of drek. There is just no possible way that this could be believable. Try something else , there is so much better out there.

I made the mistake of not screening for Jeffery London movies before adding this to my NetFlix queue. I'd rented "Before Darkness Falls" months ago. It's so bad it's not even listed in his filmography, but he just doesn't get any better with successive movies. The film concepts are all somewhat interesting, but the plots, dialogue, and acting are so bad that my husband made me fast forward through the rest of "Arizona Sky" after the first scene. How can these two 16 year old boys go camping without immediately falling on top of each other? No liquor, no pot, no sex!?! Are they Mormons?! How about putting some thought into how real people act in certain situations? At the very least they would have discussed their fears about being out alone together at the start of the scene instead of after fifteen minutes of pointless yakking. If we wanted to see "real" real life we could just listen to our families. That last statement probably gives London the excuse to say that this is what he's trying to achieve, but sorry: I don't want to see that on screen. At least my mother-in-law can act. There are worse gay movies than London's, however. Try "Windy City Incident" (better yet, don't: it's truly horrible).

Jake and Kyle are two best friends living in a small town who have a gay experience as teenagers before Jake moves to NYC with his father. Jake grows up to be a gay and out young man while Kyle grows up to be a kinda cow boy who fixes cars. Jake's best friend one day notices that he's unhappy and tells him to sort his life out so he decides to go back home to look up Kyle and see where his life has taken him. When he gets there he realises he's always loved Kyle and he's surprised to find out that Kyle feels the same way.The movie itself really feels like it's trying to be Brokeback Mountain with it's settings and screen play but fails miserably. Eric Dean does a good job with the terrible script and the movie's only saving grace is that we get a little over an hour of looking at the lovely Eric Dean but everything else is just awful.The love story itself is just terrible because of the writing, the score is just as bad and the movie every now and then starts to feel like another gay porn movie with its terrible script and screenplay.If you are looking for a touching story about how two young lads fall in-love despite the adversity they face and live happy ever after then Don't watch this movie. If on the other hand you are looking for a movie that tries to portray a love story between two young lads but fails in every aspect then THIS is definitely the movie for you!If you think Eric Dean is hot and want to see him in his underwear then this is about all the film offers, sadly.