I watched the move “Boys”, a Dutch coming-of-age movie about a teen boy who tries to find love. I love the use of cinematography and showing how he interacts with one of his teammates from the track team. The main character’s brother seemed to be the stereotypical rebel older brother, with his motorcycle and car and not caring much about his parents’ wishes. Seeing the main character with a girl made me think, why is he putting on this charade? Is he just trying to fit in?

However, I could never seem to get why the boy looks so emotionless up until the end of the movie, when he is riding with his boyfriend. There weren’t any homophobic vibes in the movie, but heterosexuality seemed to be the norm of the society. I guess he was trying to find himself and while doing so he hurt the person he cared about the most. It’s good that at the end he accepted himself for who he was.

I really connected with him in that he was trying to find his place in his society while still trying to stay positive and do the best that he could in track. Seeing him laying with his boyfriend just made me want to have someone I cared about like that.