If you like Southern melodramas then you'll probably enjoy this, I did. Set in a small town called Pineapple, Mississippi its a story of a family with hidden secrets and a sorted past. Griffith (Dan Montgomery) lives with his demented Aunt (Karen Black) and has a "thing" for his cousin Emily (Aleksa Palladino). He and Emily realize what they are doing is wrong and both feel like they are going nowhere in this small town but don't seem to do much about it either. It isn't until a drifter arrives (Walton Goggins) that their lives become unhinged and truths become revealed. Emily gets upset over their "friendship" and tensions heighten and things unravel.

Overall I enjoyed this film although it did tend to run a bit long and could've been edited down a bit. It's better then some of the other "independents" I've seen, most recently "And Then Came Summer" which was like a bad afternoon school special. The acting is ok, Karen does her usual somewhat campy schtick, but I did feel for the two male leads, especially towards the end. There's a few touching moments (where you see what Griffith is doing in the field for one) and some of the photography was really nice (shots of rain on waterlillies, Grif sitting in the shadows) I thought. The two male leads are attractive to boot! The sound was good as was the picture, a bit grainy here and there but that added to the atmosphere and may have been done on purpose. If you can find this for $15-20 it makes a nice addition to a gay collection.

Edited by - netguy on Nov 25 2001

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