Love in the Water (2012)

Now I can see that this series could have perhaps gone somewhere, it was a moderate gay Chinese movie for 2012, but it really wasn't for me. There wasn't really much to the story other than a teenage boy exploring his sexuality, meeting a couple of people he likes and breaking up with them.

Sure, watch if you feel like it, but this film made me cringe in a lot of places, it's stunted and definitely needs work. I do appreciate the fact that the Chinese did decide to make a BL movie focussing on what gay teenagers feel when struggling with their sexuality at home and in their families, but the stories really did have to be thought out more effectively.

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