 |
| A bright seaside setting, bared chests and bedside gay romance is promised on this poster for Jonah Markowitz's Shelter |
Zach is a breakfast chef, who makes some street-art on the side and tries to keep the peace with his unsatisfied girlfriend, when his good friend's big brother shows up and sweeps him off his feet.
Shelter is written and directed by debuting Jonah Markowitz (Hung Up (2003, short)). It is a low-budget indie, which plays out among Californians, who are a bit stuck in their lives but still have to get out surfing and being on the beach on an almost daily basis, which makes them very hard to relate to for me at least.
Zach's sister is very unreasonable and adds some opposition to the story for a while, but fatally for Shelter, the two actors who play Zach and Shaun, the guy he falls for, don't have much chemistry or attraction cinematically.
Shelter is well-meant but seen better elsewhere before and after its release, essentially a banal coming-out movie.
Watch a trailer for the film with Spanish subtitles here
Cost: 0.5 mil. $
Box office: 142k $
= Mega-flop (returned 0.28 times its cost)
[Shelter premiered 16 June (Frameline Film Festival, San Francisco) and runs 88 minutes. Shooting took place in 21 days in California, including Los Angeles. The film grossed 142k $ in North America and does not have listed grosses from any other markets. Markowitz has not directed a feature since but has moved more into production design. Trevor Wright (Special Ed (2005)) returned in Vacancy 2: The First Cut (2008); Brad Rowe (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2005, TV-series)) in 4 TV credits prior to his next theatrical acting credit in National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007). Shelter is rotten at 58 % with a 5.72/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]
What do you think of Shelter?
No comments:
Post a Comment