Southern Comfort
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Movie Reviews of Southern Comfort
Movie Review: Southern Comfort
Summary: 5 Stars
This documentary is for the opened minded. I found the film to be informative and wonderful to see the people involved be so loving and accepting of one another. My husband and I watch it every time it comes on. Now we're buying it. No, it's not for children, they would not understand, especially if their parents are closed minded. The film was well done and answered many questions I had.
KM
Movie Review: A true must see
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the one of the best documentaries I have ever seen. It is a heartwarming, beautiful depiction of the last year of Robert Eads' life. I have seen it 10+ times and cry each and every time. It always leaves me filled with indescribable emotion for all those shown in the movie....I can't recommend it enough.Movie Review: Be open-minded
Summary: 5 Stars
Unbelievable, unbelievable, unbelievable. . .but you will believe by the end of this movie.
Why, I find myself--asking unbelievably--after the film, can't there be more men like this?
Humans, humans, humans--you will see; not freaks.
Movie Review: Real love story
Summary: 5 Stars
Southern Comfort is a sweet, sad, mezmerizing love story. In the face of tradgedy and adversity these 2 people found each other and had the deepest kind of love until one passed away. I found it to be magical and while sad it made me smile.Movie Review: Being there is what matters most
Summary: 4 Stars
As a docudrama, Southern Comfort is far from the romantic comedies and action movies that I usually indulge in as part of my leisure viewing. In many ways, however, Southern Comfort would fit well into my Introduction to LGBT Studies course. I already assign texts about the medical discrimination faced by LGBTQ people, and this movie certainly sheds more light on the subject (especially in its "special features" section). I'll definitely recommend it to students this semester, and seriously consider adding it to my syllabus for next semester. I don't know, though, that I feel in a space to watch it with students...to teach/discuss it...
It feels too close to home (literally) and too raw to talk about cancer, and about death and dying. As I watched the film, it struck me that that's exactly what the film was--the chronicling of the last year of Robert Eads' life, the chronicling of his dying. Don't get me wrong, it was a beautifully done film and certainly earned its rewards. I just mean to say that at the heart of the film is not only Eads' life, but his death.
The film opens up in "Spring" when Eads gathers together friends and family for an Easter celebration. He is clearly joyed to have his friends come to his land and to cook for them, and be in community with those he loves and has made his family. His friends are certainly happy to see him, but it's also clear that they've made this time to spend with him because he is dying.
While there are moments where Eads speaks about his cancer on camera, and where his friends do the same, I don't readily recall scenes where they talk about it amongst themselves. What more easily comes to mind are confessional type revelations spoken directly into the camera. In this way, it's not so much a film about cancer, but about the family (biological, and perhaps more importantly chosen) that gathers around and the love shared in the time left, every moment precious.
I guess in the end, while it is still about the words finally being said that for so long had been left unsaid, more importantly it's about the actions taken--the being there--that counts the most.