Memorable, crazy movie

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

You stand on the beach and the water comes rushing in. You feel the sand moving beneath your fingers - a sense of falling that is good - that's what this movie is about.It slowly comes like the turtles and rests in your heart - the women are marvellous, each one of them - the love, spell binding and the tapestry of the story, warm like home.Just like the loggerheads it comes to you, sorry you come to it cos you are drawn to it - this is the magic of storytelling - its a mystery really. I am gushing with these words - see the movie and you will know what this vague non-sensical rambling (re my review) is all about...

I think the title was very deceptive. Imagine bringing it home for a bunch of 10 yr olds thinking it was a movie about saving turtles and finding out it is a movie that is meant to arouse sympathy for gays and their fight against AIDS. In addition, all the straight men in the film were portrayed in an unflattering manner. The preacher was a stiff intolerant, unaware dolt. The Kure Beach cop (I know most of them and they're great guys) was a nasty bastard. The Marine from camp LeJuene was a thief. However, the two gay guys were caring, intelligent, sensitive, loving, wonderful human beings.In the movies extras, I think its Kip Pardue that states Kure Beach is full of misfits and outcasts. Holy moly where did he get that from? Its a great town full of wonderful folks. But then he perhaps is comparing them to the Hollyweird types that think its normal for two males to make out and hug and kiss under the town fishing pier.

This isn't a tidy little movie with a predictable end, predictable characters nor script— rather this is a compelling, profoundly moving film refreshing in how delicate it is. The performances are nuanced and the dialogue and story lines have a verisimilitude that left me feeling touched by the characters. They felt "real." That is rare in any film— that quality where you stop watching actors and start watching characters and feel their pain, hopes, dreams. I only saw this movie by accident as my boyfriend and I got to the theater to see another film which happened to be sold out and seats were available for this film. Lucky for me.

This is a beautiful, tightly written movie about three families and how they intersect. Its primary topic is adoption, and the quest of a birth mother to find her child (Mark) who she had given away for adoption. The three families are the child himself, now in his 20's, his birth mother, and the family who adopted him. It takes place in North Carolina with breathtaking views of the ocean and mountains of that state.Homosexuality plays an important role in the film. Mark, who is HIV positive, was totally rejected by his father, a homophobic fundamentalist minister. He becomes a wanderer, and feels rejected and unloved. After he leaves home, he is befriended by a local, and connects with him. But above all, it's a wonderful story full of human emotions, of longing, and resolution. And unlike similar movies with different plot lines that converge, the plots here were all intelligible, coherent, and held your interest to the end. The acting and cinematography were superb. The loggerheads refer to sea turtles, and have metaphorical implications. The movie stays with you after you leave, and is well worth seeing.