Two men fall in love with the idea of the other during the AIDS crisis and all hell breaks loose. Of course this is a storyline we've seen so many times in cinemas, but the truth is the approach in this one is very romantic and unique. The end result is sadly something I was expecting and of course not as powerful as it should have been. The main theme is not the AIDS pandemic but rather the way two people can fall in love so unexpectedly even if their lives are set in different directions. The movie drags a lot, is really slow-paced at times and the main protagonists are not always in focus thus never showcasing their chemistry. This could have been a different movie but sadly it almost feels unfinished or not fully realised.

To Please, to Love, and to Run Quickly is nowhere near the sentimental use of the word sorry, and who is the angel? I also dislike the three in a bed image used on the poster as it bears little resemblance to the content of the film. I will give no spoilers, but I did not see one sexual threesome. and to be honest the sexuality in the film was coy and of the 'hide the penis at all costs' school. For those who have read my reviews please see the one on 'Theo and Hugo'.

I have awarded this film 7/10 because I thought it was a good film but not as good as it could have been. The dialogue in French is brutally difficult to follow as there is a lot of slurping over words and saying things in a way that you can only truly follow if you are in the same room with the people speaking, and then .... I found the characters drab, and the bisexual Breton tiresome.

And now for a major criticism about films set in the past about Aids. Where were the films during that period of the crisis? This retro look back makes me angry. Film makers should have had the courage back then to deal with this period in our history. Films like 'Theo and Hugo' are masterful as they deal with the situation now and are up to date. One reviewer here summed this up for me. He or she says, love-and romanticism-in the days of AIDS. In the days of? This is not a past thing. The days are now. Homosexuality and HIV are now. And yes as a friend of mine said, they need to know how it was, but frankly with a still on-going crisis we need to know how it IS.

One good element of this film is that it shows a child in a homosexual household in a positive way, and despite my slight boredom with the relationships, it is at least about an important issue. French film is waking up to homosexuality thanks to a list of good directors, and the dark negativity of the Nouvelle Vague, where love was strictly heterosexual, has slipped back into the waters from where it came. The Nouvelle Vague liberated image, but was feeble on diversity and dodgy on politics. Honore is a great director, but I am still waiting for his great film.

I'm a fan of Pierre Deladonchamps and have been since seeing all of his glory in "Stranger By The Lake". He has something that is the epitome of the sexy French man and it's hard not to be drawn to him. It was a shame then that I was so disappointed and even a bit bored watching this film.

I don't think it really had much of a story, it was certainly hard to follow and as with so many things these days, I found it lacking in the supposed romance. There was however a lot of lust and sleeping around, drugs and all the other things that get attached to gay storylines.

The history of the AIDS crisis is very important and perhaps, with all of the other films out there, this one tried not to focus too much on that element in an attempt to make something different. In that case though, why make it about that at all? He could quite easily have just been depressed or had cancer.

As with most foreign cinema that I watch I did find that it was beautifully, carefully and thoughtfully filmed and produced, but I honestly did get bored and was frustrated that I couldn't speak French, because it meant that I couldn't play on my phone whilst waiting for the end to come. It may be that, once again, not knowing the language has put a barrier up that prevents me from enjoying the story. If I could hear the exact words and the inflections I might be wowed by the performance, but sadly in this case I just didn't get it.

I think that there are better films out there that cover the same story without it being as muddy, but Pierre is still very beautiful.