I really enjoyed THE UNSAID a lot due especially to its psychological edge. I think the actors did a great job "becoming" the characters, especially Trevor Blumas who played the son and Vincent Karthieser who played Tommy. Both of them were able to seem so different and also seem so close to being the same simultaneously--which helps complicate matters for Garcia's character.
In the plot, however, I was a tad disappointed with the writers because the story line seemed to jump around a lot in an extremely unorganized fashion which got a little annoying.
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I read some comments that have related the sexual abuse of Michael Hunter's son by his psychiatrist with homosexuality, and while I find it an interesting point of view that were Hunter's son in a relationship with an older woman would he have seem less disturbed by it, I can't help but think that it wasn't really what the movie was getting at.
My reasons for that assumption is taking into account the relationship b/w the man and Hunter's son and the woman and Tommy. The man was Kyle's psychiatrist and the woman was Tommy's mother. And I think the roles both those characters play to the boys is something that seems to be overlooked. I think the movie is really focusing on the fact that both of the adults were in roles of authority, which means they took advantage of the trust and level of dependence both Kyle and Tommy had between them. And looking at it from that point of view I think Michael Hunter's feelings of disturbance are justified.
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In the plot, however, I was a tad disappointed with the writers because the story line seemed to jump around a lot in an extremely unorganized fashion which got a little annoying.
*A FEW SPOILERS AHEAD*
I read some comments that have related the sexual abuse of Michael Hunter's son by his psychiatrist with homosexuality, and while I find it an interesting point of view that were Hunter's son in a relationship with an older woman would he have seem less disturbed by it, I can't help but think that it wasn't really what the movie was getting at.
My reasons for that assumption is taking into account the relationship b/w the man and Hunter's son and the woman and Tommy. The man was Kyle's psychiatrist and the woman was Tommy's mother. And I think the roles both those characters play to the boys is something that seems to be overlooked. I think the movie is really focusing on the fact that both of the adults were in roles of authority, which means they took advantage of the trust and level of dependence both Kyle and Tommy had between them. And looking at it from that point of view I think Michael Hunter's feelings of disturbance are justified.
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