naryuki After having watched it for three times I still believe that this movie is one of the best gay movies. It's a really sweet and cute movie and it focuses on many things such as love, family, devotion. I really hope there are going to be more movies like this one because in most of the others, gay people kind of equal sex and not love and a steady relationship like this one. Not that there is anything wrong with showing the way things are which means showing gay people having sex but there are other important things too. So to everyone who still has doubts on whether to watch this or not, I say definitely watch. You will be glad you did!

bincasa I am surprised reading all those negative comments on this film. Personally I love it. Beautiful story, great music, Zack and Shaun are just perfect. For me Trevor Wright is outstanding in his role. Watching him I could feel his restlessness and chemistry between the main characters is amazing. My favorite scene is their conversation while lying in bed, where Shaun is teaching Zack about taking the compliment. There is not one scene I would change. For me this movie is a great example of how less is more. It is a film of many words that remain unsaid. I am a big fan of independent and European film, but this is the only movie I have watched many times in a few days period.

madcardinal If you've been interested in watching a movie with gay characters but cringe in exasperation when you see guys dressing up as women, acting like tarts, courting death by way of promiscuity, taking drugs, feeling sorry for themselves or bathing in suicidal despair, then "Shelter" is the movie for you. Trevor Wright (who plays Zach) and Brad Rowe (playing Shaun) make this film very likable. They do not look offbeat or effeminate; they do not walk around singing Broadway show tunes; and they do not refer to themselves or other gay guys as "girl." They convincingly portray two healthy, regular American guys who just happen to be gay. In fact, they turn out to be intelligent, resilient and altruistic. Shaun is already well grounded in his identity and Zach is journeying toward his authentic self. This film is substantially more positive in tone than many gay flicks and contains no maddening goofiness or flippancy. Zach has to deal with some real-life choices - among them, choosing whether or not to realize that the most challenging homophobia does not come from an oppressive society but from within one's self. Throw in Zach's adorable little nephew - played by Jackson Wurth - and you have a movie that's pretty hard to resist.

bammark There are "sleeper" films, and then there is Shelter. This small indie film received a very limited theatrical release in the spring of 2007 with a television debut on the subscription-only here! network only a month later. And suddenly, it was all anyone could talk about. Plenty of folks deemed it "the gay surfer movie," but it's ultimately as much about surfing as Brokeback Mountain is about animal husbandry. Instead, Shelter is a riveting family drama and a story of first gay love set in a working class world. Starring Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss's Brad Rowe in a career-reviving performance and newcomer Trevor Wright, there are no gay bars in Shelter, no drugs, no drag queens, no circuit anthems, no gay- bashings, no AIDS scares, and no screaming parents to speak of. And we gay folks loved it anyway. Or maybe, because it was so fresh and different, that's why we loved it.