Sunday, August 05, 2007
Cowboys and Angels
I would characterize this movie as the odd couple for the 21st Century. Set in Limerick, Ireland; two young men decide to share an apartment. One is straight employed in a dead-end clerical government job. The other is a gay fashion design student. Both are artistic but the straight guy is drifting while the gay guy seems to know what he wants out of life. Their relationship and the movie have their awkward moments. Shane gets in over his head when he becomes involved with the neighbourhood drug dealers; Shawn for all his flamboyance does not feel comfortable doing drugs. The two come of age together and learn to support each other. Not a great movie but one I bought because it’s the only way I could obtain a copy to watch.