Overrated

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

Shelter is a great film. I'm sad that I just heard about it, wish I knew about it before! It's about love, all kind of love and it's not focused on sex so it's better then most of the LGBT themed movies. I've enjoyed watching it so bad that I'll probably re-watch it again. Like FRIENDS marathon. It shows an independent young man's (Zach's) life, his adventure and talent. What he has done to help his family, how hard he tried to keep everything OK and finally something good (I'd say awesome tho) happens to him. I'll say it's one of the movies you should at least consider watching. And you know for most people LGBT means just having fun and having sex. This movie totally proves it wrong.

SPOILERS. I absolutely adore this film - so much so that I watched it again the day after my initial viewing. I'm not normally into romantic films but this was an exception. The aspiring artist that's torn between his family and love and success seems a little cliché but it's somehow made individual. Trevor Wright (who is all kinds of attractive) is a brilliant actor and brings the character of Zach to life perfectly. Zach, the artist, has a freak-out about his gay tendencies and pushes away the man he has feelings for because he doesn't want to be judged. His sister's comment of "You're not a fag, are you?" was uncalled for but necessary for her character - who is extremely dislikable. Through her nonchalant attitude to life and the fact her boyfriend is more important to her than her son, we see the best qualities of her brother show through. Shaun, the older brother of his best friend, becomes a shoulder to lean on for Zach and is open about his feelings. This initially drives Zach away. When he knocks at Shaun's door, after having an internal debate, and pushes him against the wall, kissing frantically, we see the real Zach come out. His goofy grin the morning after sex is what made the film for me. He's gorgeous in the sunrise light. After many other internal debates, he finds himself in Shaun's bed again and there's an amazing scene (with the addition of well picked music) that just makes your heart melt. Then Shaun's younger brother arrives and things get messed up again. It takes a conversation with his ex-girlfriend to make Zach realise he's in love and they live happily ever after with Zach's nephew (more like his son).

This Movie is the only one that I have viewed that has gay main characters that contains no signs of them being effeminate, no mention of the "LGBT" community being "supportive", no sign of loss of masculine emotions, and above all that no hint that they had anal sex...at all... It is stated that they "had sex" or were "fucking", but there were none of the traditionally "LGBT" based signs of it. It is actually quite possible that the type of sexual encounter that they regularly engaged in was non-penetrative. This film, if it were watched by members of the "LGBT" community, would be interpreted a different way, they would say it was the traditional "coming out" story, but that couldn't be further from the truth. This movie is about love between to people who have BOTH just discovered what love was. Shaun is supposedly comfortable with his sexuality, but is initially unwilling to admit he is in love with his brother's best friend because, as the movie shows it was probably the first time he was genuinely in love. Labeling this film as "LGBT-Themed" does not give it justice because it relates directly to the homosexuals and bisexuals who purposefully avoid the "LGBT" community. It is by far my favorite movie because it's story directly relates to anyone who has truly and completely fallen in love.

I am surprised reading all those negative comments on this film. Personally I love it. Beautiful story, great music, Zack and Shaun are just perfect. For me Trevor Wright is outstanding in his role. Watching him I could feel his restlessness and chemistry between the main characters is amazing. My favorite scene is their conversation while lying in bed, where Shaun is teaching Zack about taking the compliment. There is not one scene I would change. For me this movie is a great example of how less is more. It is a film of many words that remain unsaid. I am a big fan of independent and European film, but this is the only movie I have watched many times in a few days period.