I liked the sense of intimacy, with the small-ish house as the main setting, the same house in which the two brothers, one year apart in age, were raised. Some reviewers have suggested that it's claustophobic. It's an effective tool to use, rather than an 'artfully' edited collection of scenes that overlap. What follows is a sparsely scripted series of 'vignettes' that cover both flashback and the present. We're not immediately certain why he is doing this or who it is meant for. The opening scene has Nate, talking into a video camera.

That said, I had no clue ahead of time that the storyline centered on a years-long love affair between two brothers. After reading so many reviews-that weren't really reviews, but rather personal injections of judgement, perception and flat out rudeness-I can't help but wonder if they saw the same film. I like to go in with no concrete knowledge of the heart of the story. I rarely read them beforehand, even in mainstream movies. I read the customer reviews after I saw this film.