Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

The boyfriend of Andrew, Kyle, is so nelly and unbelievable as anyone's boyfriend that it wrecks the movie for you. The resulting love story between Andrew and Birch is great, you can really see the chemistry between the actors. Switch to Kyle swishing around the cabin and acting like a 16 year-old girl who was not asked to the prom when Andrew does not come home 4th of July night. I have to say this could have been a great love story, and without Kyle it is. You want it to go on longer after Kyle's character leaves in a snotty huff back to the city. I know there are gay men who tend to be, how do you say it, lady-like. And I have seen femmy men with butch guys, the chemistry just did not come through with the 2 characters as a couple.

I watched this movie last night, knowing nothing about it except that it was in the "gay section" on Amazon Prime, some ruggedly attractive guys were on the cover, and it was independent. As such, I wasn't sure whet to expect. With a name like "Leather" I was half expecting it to be about S&M.Needless to say what I wound up watching was something else all together and I was pleasantly surprised. "Leather" is actually a dreamlike film about three people all at various crossroads in their lives, rediscovering themselves in a cabin out in the woods. The title references the fact that one of the main characters makes things out of leather and is a brilliant craftsmen. The pastoral mood of the movie pulled me in and I found myself longing to walk the wooded paths as well. The sun-washed shots of the lake were a perfect frame to showcase the beautiful story as it unfolded. The story of childhood friends trying to reconnect, long forgotten feelings, the passing of time - and letting to of people and places that have served their purpose in life - these themes are dealt with impressively. This is not a movie for anyone looking for car chases or things blowing up - but for anyone who wants to go on an emotional journey - and also enjoy some beautiful nature in the process, this film is highly recommended.

Truly I think Birch was such an interesting character in the film because it really reminds you of what life would be like without living a modern life but a really basic one living in the middle of nowhere! Seriously Chris Graham really did a pretty good job in playing a strange country boy and like Christ, how did he manage to sleep with that beard ha ha. It looked really awesome on him! Then there was Andrew, he was like a really caring and a very cool dude that is so devoted to Birch! However the fact, he brought his boyfriend Kyle along to his childhood home. It made the storyline a bit edgy with that involved with cheating behind Kyles back!We met Kyle. His character has a sense of humor that he would really make you laugh along with this film. The funniest scene was when he got so drunk with May (the puppeteer that embarrassed Andrew with the blast from his past) and the fact he didn't agree with Birch's lifestyle. This movie is brilliant, you have to watch this!

I recently watched 'Leather' with about two dozen gay nudists, gathered around a good-sized, living room monitor. After an hour or two of cordial meeting-and-greeting over beer, wine and assorted munchies, the group sat and considered their viewing options from the half-dozen or so DVDs available. Dispensing with a few super- heroes and hearing a recommendation from one naked soul and an 'I heard it was good, too' from another, the butt-naked crowd settled in with a beer in one hand and a 'this had better be good' in the other.The movie quickly establishes a light, easy-going, and very natural feel. The characters enter and unveil their relationship within the context of a departed father figure and two strong, handsome young men with close or familial ties to the dead man. The scenes are all set in a large cabin or its surrounding forest. Simple enough, except the director deftly uses those trees and trails and feral sounds to create another major player in the piece. The forest is never just a set. It becomes an observer to the unfolding drama, a silent Greek chorus. Often, when a key scene plays out, the director doesn't 'cut'. The camera lingers a few more seconds on something or even on nothing; but the effect is to let the emotions marinate a moment and to leave the viewer with a sense that he, too, is surrounded by woods, by nature, watching as the growing tensions play out. The result inevitably engages.The story is basically man re-meets man, upon the death of a shared paternal figure. Their backgrounds are clearly established in broad strokes and in small, telling, visual hints that draw the viewer into the conflict that shapes the work's dramatic arc. Sure- handedly, the script sets the two men into a bound, but bitter, rivalry for the departed's love, attention - and his estate. The two leads in the piece are both beautiful. Early thirty- something, there is the urban ginger - smart, confident, worldly and accomplished. His manly charms are on full and tasty display, as are those of his bearded, bearish, dark-haired counterpart. The camera's foreplay on their hunky bodies is tantalizingly slow, but nothing is left to the imagination as the drama moves towards its climax. If you're hunting for a sexy drama - with gorgeous, naked, lovemaking men – you'll definitely find the right trail in this forest.What makes the movie stand out is its deft, light directorial touches. Anyone can shoot two hot guys circling and then entwining each other. But it takes a surer hand to make you care about those two men. It takes an accomplished director to make you feel the forest and feel the tension and feel the warmth that is generated from the script. The director allows both the confines of the cabin and the wilderness of the forest to edge the story along as we get to know the two leads. Their first non-confrontational scene uses two clever cinematic tricks – first, it introduces the physical nakedness of the clashing personalities as they literally and metaphorically strip down and open up in the communal waters of a forest pond. Second, it entices the viewer by placing the camera at a slight distance from this action. With unfocused reeds and grasses between you and the naked players, you voyeuristically observe their initial conflict and are slowly drawn into their growing intimacy as the two leads work through their differences. The camera becomes a participant in the action, sneaking up and cautiously approaching, incrementally drawing the viewer into the rising heat of the exchange. Similarly light, natural and clever touches throughout the film pull you further into the story. The most dramatic scenes are allowed to play out like a theater piece. There are amazingly few cuts in scenes with two or even three actors who interact in a highly emotional manner without the interference of constant cutting and reversed reactions shots. Like the best Woody Allen pieces, the camera becomes a quiet observer, never encroaching on or undermining the power of the words being spoken. The effect, again, creates a natural fluency which strengthens the drama by pulling you deeper into the action. Also notable within the director's able bag of tricks is his lighting. I can attest, as a photographer, that cabins and forests and fires provide very daunting challenges when you're trying to convey a natural intimacy. Leather's night scenes are often lit with no more than a naked bulb or a campfire; yet, the director has turned these challenges into advantages by using that restrictive lighting to support the delicacy of the dialogue and to power the dramatic drive of the storyline. It's a very nuanced and effective approach.It's not the greatest movie ever shot. And the underwritten, overacted role of the soon-to-be-ex-lover of one of the two leads lurches from one gay cliché to the next. But this is an otherwise well acted, well constructed, and thoughtfully directed and photographed flick that delivers a beautiful and often erotic tale told in a convincing and very pleasing manner. If the audience with whom I viewed the movie is any measure, only three butts rose from their seats – one to get another beer and two because their beers had run their course. The consensus among the entire group :: 'Hey that was really good !!' – 'cuz it was.