FATHER KNOWS

I wanted to watch a movie last night, while eating supper ,and had thought, I might watch Brokeback Mountain (I have only seen it once) but decided on a DVD that we have had in our stores library for a few months, but kept passing over.FATHER KNOWS did not get the best of reviews, so when you realize a movie is not going to be OSCAR worthy and you approach it as that and just try to enjoy what it has to offer, you can have a good time.It is strong on good looking guys and even stars CORT DONOVAN.The story is told from his characters view point.He loves a guy named Ira but just isn't willing to deal with all of that and wants to explore life first, so it takes him a long time, something like 15 years ,to get back to the love of his life.I thought the strongest acting performance was with the foriegn exchange student ,who is very convincing as a coniving slut.I did find the movie to be a bit choppy and the father looked almost as young as his son and I hated the mother's performance.I did laugh at times and found the story to be a heartfelt journey worth seeing.It is directed by TOBY ROSS who has made numerous films over the years.Most of them are porn movies and sometimes I think it may be hard for a porn filmmaker to make that transition to other entertainment fare.