Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Morgan (U.S. 2012)




The Gist:
A young man, Morgan, returns home after recovering from a bike racing accident that left him a paraplegic. Depressed and with no real direction in life, he meets Dean and the two soon fall in love, starting a relationship that is soon put to the test when Morgan decides to enter the wheelchair category of the race that crippled him. 

Comments:
I did a cursory look at the movie's IMDB page and it seems that many people hate it as being poorly made and unbelievable. 

I'm in the minority it seems, because I liked it. Although even in liking it, I'm fully aware that quality wise it's just okay, and content wise it's totally a sappy "lifetime" TV movie of a person overcoming an obstacle while wallowing in melodrama. Although in this case instead of an angst filled woman, we have an angst filled, not particularly stereotypical gay man. 

If adequately done "overcoming personal challenge" movies are your thing, it may be worth a watch. If not, then the entire movie will annoy. 

Women:
Mother and best friend

People of color: 
One best friend 

Gratuitous nudity:
A quick bare butt shot


  • Director: Michael D. Akers
  • Writers: Michael D. Akers, Sandon Berg
  • Actors: Leo Minaya, Jack Kesy
  • 89 min
  • IMDB

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