Fire Island Reviews

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was selected by IndieWire as one of the best movies released in 2022 so far and since it was available on Disney+, I thought I might as well check it out. In fact, I did follow the same process with ‘Fresh’ and, in my opinion, this movie was actually vastly overrated by IndieWire. However, in this case, I had to admit that I wasn’t disappointed at all. First of all, I thought it was such a fun and charismatic group of friends. It was also really neat to see them in their own sheltered environment, even if my feelings were mixed on this matter. Indeed, one on hand, it is so great that they could get together, be themselves, enjoy being together, without being harassed by the usual bigots. However, it is also incredibly sad that a whole group of the population still has to hide themselves so they simply could live, not much more than that. Even though it was a point which wasn’t really developed here, it was also pretty obvious that most of them had barely or no contact anymore with their biological families making their bond even more meaningful. Even if I’m not gay myself, it seems that they did their best to be faithful and realistic regarding the gay community and it was quite interesting to dive into this world. Eventually, even if some of the characters were fairly well developed, I’m afraid it was still not enough to make them really fascinating though. The fact that they were stuck in a rather typical modern Jane Austen’s adaptation probably didn’t help. It’s not that it was such a terrible idea, it’s just that it was a rather unoriginal and safe option. Anyway, to conclude, even if it was missing something to be really a masterpiece, it was still a really solid romantic-comedy though and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.