You, Me and Him (2007) User Reviews

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[whitten-1 · 10/10 · 10 January 2011]

An excellent short film (18 minutes). It captures the characters, the setting, a major transition in their lives, and will leave you emotionally invested and affected. If you know someone who thinks short films are a waste of time, point them toward this.

Without going into specifics, the film deals with a twenty-something gay couple on the brink of a new phase in their relationship as they try to deal with a number of changes in their lives. Also featuring is the ten-year-old brother of one of them, who comes to play an integral part in the story.

The short film premiered at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival and went on to win the festivals' Crystal Bear prize for Best Short Film.

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[Kirpianuscus · 3 December 2017]

the basic virtue of this beautiful short film is the state after its end. so familiar. so inspired used by director using a simple story about transition, new perspective about family, brotherhood and delicate-precise way to see the life. a film about two brothers and a love affair. a change transforming everything. and answers to chances. it is one of useful films as a form of soup for soul. because it is not sentimental, it reminds crumbs from Kramer vs. Kramer and escapes from ordinary clichés of gay short films. and it is a wise film about importance of small gestures. maybe, one of the secrets is the language, the good performances and a script who preserves universal details of near reality. so, a real good film.

Pretty boring

[Horst_In_Translation · 4/10 · 9 November 2015]

"Café com Leite" is a Brazlian 18-minute short film written and directed by Daniel Ribeiro. He made this one 3 years before his more famous work "Eu Não Quero Voltar Sozinho" and sadly his work here is clearly inferior to the movie about the blind schoolboy. Both films are gay-themed. Here we have a couple who live together with the younger brother of one of the two, which constantly causes difficulties. I must say neither the acting of the lead trio nor the writing and the story in general were particularly interesting in here. I know that "Nothing happens" is not a valid criticism at any time, but this is a bit the case here. The relationships and character development is just so unexciting to watch that this is a boring movie. Many gay-themed films solely try to work on the premise that homosexuality is included and that this is enough to attract gay audiences and no interesting story or characters are needed anymore. Of course, this is a very homophobic idea. Unfortunately this description also applies to this little movie here. Not recommended. If you still want to watch it, make sure you have subtitles unless you speak Portuguese.