Back home

Sublime

39 votes

Producing House

When 16-year-old Manu realises that he has fallen in love with his bandmate Felipe, turbulent emotions start brewing beneath the surface. How do you avoid losing a friendship once its very foundation has shifted?

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 2022-11-05

Runtime: 100 mins

Director: Mariano Biasin

Writer: Mariano Biasin

Spoken language: Español

Genres: Drama, Romance

Original title: Sublime

Production Companies: Tarea Fina

Production Countries: Argentina

Reviews

B

Brent_Marchant
There certainly has been no shortage of coming of age films in recent years, and many of those have had LGBTQ+ elements as part of their storylines. And now writer-director Mariano Biasin has added to that list with his third feature offering about a teenage boy who’s become infatuated with one of his longtime pals from childhood. To complicate matters, as members of an aspiring rock band, they spend much of their time together, which leads to an ever-growing fixation for the curious young man the more he’s in his friend’s company. His feelings become further strained when his sidekick starts bragging about his growing list of female conquests, prompting quiet but powerful fits of jealously from his secret admirer and increasing tension in their long-tenured relationship. Unfortunately, other than the rock band story thread, this is far from an original narrative in the history of LGBTQ+ cinema. What’s more, the opening act is more of a jumble of rambling, seemingly unrelated images than the makings of a coherent story, almost to the point where this film would have been better titled “Cryptic” or “Vague.” Moreover, the picture places a strong emphasis on its musical numbers, most of which are admittedly decent enough, though there are quite a few of them, a fact probably attributable to the filmmaker’s experience as a director of music videos. But, when you add that to the fact that the screenplay tends to get somewhat repetitive as the story plays out, you’ve got an increasingly tedious film that leaves viewers wondering when all of this is finally going to get wrapped up. In short, “Sublime” is a work that could definitely use some retooling (and a little more imagination) to make it a more worthwhile viewing choice, especially in light of the many other better options available in both gay cinema and music videos. Choose them instead.
2023-06-28

Recommendations

Kids
3.4

Kids

1995-07-28

A day in the life of a group of teens as they travel around New York City skating, drinking, smoking

Risky Business
3.3

Risky Business

1983-08-05

Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. How

Crazy
3.2

Crazy

2000-06-08

Benjamin, a 16-year-old with lousy grades, switches to a boarding school in order to eventually reac

Boys on the Side
3.2

Boys on the Side

1995-02-03

After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a

20th Century Girl
4.1

20th Century Girl

2022-10-06

In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend

Walls
0

Walls

2020-06-06

A teenage boy named David is afraid of being transparent. When David's best friend, Johnathan, notic

The Wedding Banquet
3.6

The Wedding Banquet

1993-03-01

A Taiwanese-American man is happily settled in New York with his American boyfriend. He plans a marr

Now and Then
3.4

Now and Then

1995-10-20

Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty, four childhood girlfriends

Brick
3.4

Brick

2006-03-31

A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the di

Beautiful Girls
3.3

Beautiful Girls

1996-02-09

During a snowy winter in the small fictional town of Knight's Ridge, Massachusetts, a group of lifel

John Tucker Must Die
3.1

John Tucker Must Die

2006-07-27

After discovering they are all dating the same same guy, three popular students from different cliqu

Boydem
3.5

Boydem

2019-08-01

This particular summer, at an age that falls between childhood and young adulthood, while their gran

Musuh Dalam Selimut
3.8

Musuh Dalam Selimut

2026-01-08

Tells the story of a household, Gadis and Andhika, that was initially harmonious and happy. However,

X+Y
3.3

X+Y

2014-03-13

A socially awkward teenage math prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spo

Ninjababy
3.5

Ninjababy

2021-02-21

When Rakel finds out she's six months pregnant after a one-night stand, her world changes. She is ab

Dazed and Confused
3.7

Dazed and Confused

1993-09-24

The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student R

Clueless
3.6

Clueless

1995-07-19

Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking

the piety
0

the piety

"Amidst grief and family estrangement, a teenager must break emotional barriers at his mother's fune

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
3.3

He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

2022-10-21

On a hot summer morning, Arnau accompanies his mother to her workplace, a luxury house. There Arnau

Mädchen in Uniform
3.6

Mädchen in Uniform

1931-11-27

A sensitive girl is sent to an all-girls boarding school and develops a romantic attachment to one o