Starring Tony Award®-winning and Emmy®-nominated John Benjamin Hickey (The Good Wife) and featuring the impressive debut of Niv Nissim, SUBLET focuses on Michael (Hickey), a travel columnist for The New York Times, who goes to Tel Aviv to write an article after suffering a tragedy. He is still grieving and the loss has caused problems between him and his husband. He just wants to do his research and go home. But when he sublets an apartment from Tomer (Nissim), a young film student, he finds himself drawn into the life of the city.Special Features: Trailers
D**C
This file was surprisingly heart-felt.
I was curious about this film but didn't expect the male leads to form such a nice relationship. The young man bonds with the fellow subletting his apartment, the young being a person who grew up with a single mother raising him. Quite a nice turn of events and definitely NOT predictable.
M**L
Finally, a gay movie a middle-aged male identifies with!
Really enjoyed this. So many gay movies are filled with young hard-bodied men. This movie appeals to them and “us”.
S**.
Temporary life
All the technical aspects of the film are well done, including the pace (editing). The younger man in the film is cute and a good actor, as well as the older guy. The film made me feel how temporary life is, specially as we age (I’m 65). The young man who is very attractive seems, underneath, to hunger for companionship (even though he says he doesn’t want to be tied down with one but one hundred men. The older guy, though mature and secure, made me feel a sense of lost youth. For a brief moment these two polar opposites melt together- complimenting and assuring their inner struggles. But it’s temporary. And life is chalked up to one more experience placed in the library of our memories.
F**K
Enjoyed movie
Enjoyed movie
O**X
John Benjamin Hickey – Performance for the Ages
What a truly emotionally intelligent performance feels like, even when the movie's set-up is borrowed ("sublet") and held aloft like a tiny home. John Benjamin Hickey – as a central character so grounded and so consistently resonant, that generational differences depicted in what it means to be gay, and what it means to understand and bridge, unfold with knowing, and thankfully often unresolved truths. The last scene is a coda that thrills not so much an ending as the rightful launchpad – wishful thinking – of a brilliant, no less layered and steadfastly adult new streaming series. Amazon Prime, where "Sublet" can be seen: how about it? I have not felt this way about a performance in years.
H**C
Sublet-Hmmm
Started off as though it was going to be another random old vs young hook up, then got worse. The story never got to where either of them needed to go. Maybe I missed something, but it never quite got to where the story needed to be. The young man ultimately accepted feelings are real, as to the writer, he had feelings open that has been repressed, but then he was on a plane back to NYC. Not well done for my taste. Could have been better.
F**R
Awesome movie
I love foreign films, this lgbt movie was amazing.
M**M
Low-key, sweet film
I thought that it was a pleasant movie that reminded me of many of the international trips that I've made, in which in the space of a few days, I met and bonded with some charming new friends. It is always exciting to see a city through the eyes of the locals who love it.Nothing much happens in the movie other than some casual conversations and getting to know the characters as you would people you just met. You don't really see much of Tel Aviv, aside from a few beach scenes and some thrift stores and it could just have been about any city.The lead characters were interesting in their own ways, but I didn't think the movie had anything profound to say about intergenerational relationships between gay men. It seemed a bit contrived that the two lead characters would bond, but I have to say it has happened to me on occasion while traveling, perhaps because being foreign can make you seem exotic for a short time.Anyway, I enjoyed the movie in the same way someone might enjoy a good meal with friends. A nice evening, even if not especially memorable.
C**.
Not in your face
This is a gay-themed film that is not in your face gay. I think anyone would enjoy it. It deals with different generations, different lifestyles, and different looks about life taking place over a one week period. It's one of the best LGBT films I've seen in a long time. The acting is great and the emotions are subtle and more like real life. It doesn't seem like a scripted movie although it is and very high quality.
I**K
A new little gem from Eytan Fox
The problems and emotions of gay men of two different generations.Michel, an American writer with a history full of difficult and dramatic situations meets Tomer, a young gay film student with his dreams and already faced disappointments.We are invited to follow their ways through their lifes approaching each other.The acting of all characters is natural and decent, but John Benjamin Hickey is really extraordinary.And of cource, Tel-Aviv is the secret star of this movie and reminds me again, why I love this city.Eytan Fox did a wonderfull job. Again!
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