This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Great story, amazing characters, superb action, enthralling cinematography. Yes, this is something I am glad I spent money on.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

Frankly, I just liked it.Oh it's in need of a lot polish. The acting can be stilted and sometimes sophomoric. But you have to give these actors credit for doing all they could with dialog that is, in places...well...awful. As others have pointed out, the sound levels are bad in spots. But overall for indie stuff this is above average.I will confess I am a fan of Matthew Montgomery. This is one of his earliest roles and he's a winner, as are several of the others. He has a look that makes it easy for him to play a multitude of character types.We are saddled however, with several cookie cutter characters. The kindly older doctor. (Thankfully, she's quite normal. Not a mentally ill sex researcher a la a certain cable network.) There's the lactose intolerant shrew of a wife, the conservative brother trying to keep the gay boys under control. You get the picture.I had never heard of this film. Bought the DVD at a garage sale. Sometimes, with a DVD I don't care for I just resell them in the internet. But this one is a keeper. Some rainy afternoon I'll settle back in the mountains with Ranger Drew and Mark and we'll have a pleasant hour and a half. I love a happy ending.

I thought every actor and actress in "Gone, But Not Forgotten" pulled it nicely off. Specifically, the two main characters; Aaron Orr as Drew Parker and as Mark Reeves, Matthew Montgomery. No matter what anyone says about this film, good or not so, the performances these two men shared rang true-blue, and who can beat the physical attraction going on? No surprise they shared a room, while the cast and crew shot this touching experience.Everyone including writers and directors, producers, plus those brave enough to get in front of a camera and act for us, wants to make the best movie possible. And that relies on many things: money, of course and available talent, weather (especially since a lot of this story is told outdoors), timing and a host of other factors that only the ones involved could imagine. To me, they flourished in this tale. If anyone out there needs material, I'm one obsessed fiction novelist. A homo too, driven to type out a storyline. My passion is and will always be mirroring potential life with us fruitcakes in tow, and man do we do funny and lovely things to one another! "Gone, But Not Forgotten" will remain in my DVD collection. It's a stepping stone for all of us ... you to appreciate, me to agree with you for popping the disc in your player, and everyone associated with the filming. We have to come from somewhere, right? Thanks for the narration.

This little movie, made on a shoestring budget with a small cast and crew, cannot fairly be compared with a multi-million dollar Hollywood production. In spite of any production limitations, this is a true gem... A simply delightful little film.I'm sure that most of us have a short list of movies that are the entertainment equivalent of soul food - movies that we watch over and over again... we may not fully understand why we like the movie, but it gives us a sense of inner peace - for me, "Gone, But Not Forgotten" is such a film. I found the story refreshingly different from the mainstream gay-themed movies and I thought that the two principal actors, Aaron Orr and Matthew Montgomery were excellent, particularly in the very well crafted love scene.It doesn't take a huge budget and expensive special effects to tell a story well. All it takes is a good storyteller... and Michael D. Akers and Sandon Berg, along with their excellent cast, have managed to tell an interesting and unusual story in an honest and straightforward way.

Someday, hopefully not too very far off, this movie will be shown on Friday afternoons at public high school assembly periods. It will take its rightful place with movies about psoriasis and bad driving habits. But, for the present, it must be recognized as an admirable GLBT independent effort with a heartwarming story of two young narcissists who find each other in the back woods and fall in lust. It's "one of ours", so I cannot really say here what I would like to about bad music, poor cinematography, bad writing, worse acting and cutesy corn. The male leads are attractive and light up the screen for a few minutes without most of their clothing if you hit the mute button.