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Shelter
When his college dreams are sidelined by family obligations, a young man finds comfort in surfing with his best friend's brother.
28 May 1965, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
8 January 1974, Framingham, Massachusetts, USA
27 May 1988, Alameda County, California, USA
6 March 1985, Miami, Florida, USA
15 May 1970, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
April 04, 2008
The first theatrical release from the here! Network's Independent Film Initiative, shaves the edges off the genre's hoariest tendencies, for which it deserves credit and will hopefully be the start of a trend. But it's still an uninspiring drama.
March 27, 2008
Rowe displays new authority and confidence, as if lately he's been looking in the mirror and seeing himself, rather than that other, more famous blond.
March 28, 2008
Shelter rises very high indeed, thanks to a superb performance by Trevor Wright in the lead role, a strong supporting cast, very good cinematography and, most of all, emotional authenticity.
April 04, 2008
An awkward, phony melodrama you don't need to be homophobic to hate.
June 08, 2008
It feels like it's written by a film school freshman that's trying to be innovative, but everything feels forced and flat.
September 21, 2008
Complex characterizations by Wright and Rowe and outstanding cinematography by Joseph White make this film particularly worth checking out.
April 03, 2008
Shelter may only be shoreline deep, and its ending fanciful, but the film captures the beauty, thrill and ache of young love and extracts a casual joy out of the process.
April 11, 2008
There's real chemistry between the two actors.
March 28, 2008
Shelter is a gay movie like other American gay movies. Boy meets boy. Boy comes out. Boys fight opposition. Opposition caves. If there's life beyond the closet, too few movies know it exists.
March 28, 2008
A confused young artist is torn between his family and his future in Shelter, a sensitive romantic drama from the writer and director Jonah Markowitz.
April 04, 2008
A coming-out, coming-of-age movie that is mediocre and very well-intentioned.
July 23, 2009
At the epicenter of this tale is Zach (Trevor Wright is always a pleasure to watch but the measure of his acting talent requires a script with more scope to reveal his depth).