Although I'm marking this as having spoilers, for the benefit of anyone decding whether or not to watch this, they're minimal, and you'll work out what they are very soon after starting to watch.

Although homosexuality is there in the plot it's not central to it. With a few strokes of the pen, the dead child could just as easily have been a girl, as could the young neighbour who the lead character befriends. Neither change would have significantly affected the plot. It's nice to see, therefore, that the writer/director chose not to go "the safe way". It helps demonstrate that just because you are gay, not everything has to be about that.

The plot itself is good, perhaps a little predictable as the story develops, but carried well by a strong cast and there's a emotional depth throughout. It certainly kept me wanting to watch it through to its conclusion.

James is returning home after serving time for his involvement in the drowning of a small boy – whose body was never recovered. Once he returns he soon realises that, even though he may have served time, the past has a way of not letting you forget and there are always consequences. So he decides to sort out once and for all what really took place all those years ago when, he too, was just a child.

Now to say anymore would ruin the surprises and there are more than enough here. It is the sort of film where the plot is not that difficult but the telling is all the better for not being so reliant on 'the twists' that have come to dominate so many of the 'thriller' genre. The tension and existential threat are ever present giving this a brooding quality that naturally make you want to keep watching. The acting is all completely convincing and Reef Ireland as James is particularly good as the returning bad boy.

This is from writer and director Grant Scicluna who has made a few shorts including 'The Wilding' which featured in the 'Boys on Film' franchise and was rather good too. For a first full length feature he has demonstrated what a reservoir of talent he has to offer and I can only wait in eager anticipation for his next outing – absolutely recommended.

This movie divided the household. I thought it was messily written and improbable in its story line. While my partner thought it was moving and atmospheric.

This moodily shot movie was shot in the upper reaches of the Yarra. The muddy creek running through Melbourne. The river looks slow and moody. I wanted more sense of foreboding in the place. There is a bar scene with an ex-partner of one of the boys, but nobody cares when a child killer comes home. As we saw from the Bolger murder, this is unlikely.

I wanted to care or find out what happened to the missing boy but I didn't by the end. It really is a gay drama rather than a mystery. Sadly, the gay subject matter is all about child murder, blackmail, mutilation, and assault to name a few. It could have been an Aussie Mystic River.

A clearer story line with better focus and a simpler story would be better. It could have been improved simply by better flashbacks which would have filled in the plot holes.