Akron

Watch: Akron

Unrated

10/6/20151h 28m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Love now. ~

Overview:

Benny, a college freshman at the University of Akron, Ohio meets and falls for fellow freshman Christopher at a football game. With the support of their families and friends they embark on a new relationship. But a tragic event in the past involving their mothers soon comes to light and threatens to tear them apart.

Director:

Brian O'Donnell

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

lgbt
gay theme
swear
swearing
profanity

Cast

Matthew Frias

~ as ~

Benny Cruz

Edmund Donovan

~ as ~

Christopher Welling

Andréa Burns

~ as ~

Lenora Cruz

Amy da Luz

~ as ~

Carol Welling

Joseph Melendez

~ as ~

David Cruz

Isabel Rose Machado

~ as ~

Becca Cruz

Cailan Rose

~ as ~

Julie

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 2 month(s) ago
6
A gentle romance based on a slightly far-fetched premiss. Two young men become friends after a game of mud ball; their relationship blossoms until they go on a trip together and discover a shared tragedy in their past that tests the relationships with themselves and their families. It's a low-budget affair; decent enough performances from the two leads - Edmund Donovan and Matthew Frias - but don't expect anything too substantial. Maybe that's why it works - it is a movie about love (not necessarily gay love) without the usual drug use, effing and blinding and nudity. The "daytime" television feel is maybe what makes the film more remarkable - it's all just so ordinary as to treat same-sex attraction as routine - and that's no bad thing.