Two brothers try to sort out their differences in the wake of their father's death in this drama. Theo (played by David Cubitt) has long been the black sheep of his family.

At the age of 30, he's made no real headway in starting a career, despite periodic stabs at becoming a writer, and his problems with substance abuse have sent him through one rehab clinic after another.

Theo doesn't get along with Ryan (played by Colm Feore), his older brother, who has become a successful lawyer and seems to have his life firmly in control.

Neither Theo nor Ryan had an especially cordial relationship with their father, whose death opens old wounds between them. However, Theo soon discovers that Ryan, long the "respectable" member of the family, has also been keeping a secret.

He is gay and has been less than cautious in pursuing sexual partners in the past. Ryan's promiscuity comes back to haunt him when he becomes HIV-positive, and he is eventually forced to turn to Theo for help.

After their farther dies Theo accidentally finds out Ryan is gay and has trouble dealing with it. Also because Ryan has AIDS.

A very good movie. At first you think what's going on between the two. But as the movie goes on, both of them become very real and three dimensional. The story, acting, camerawork, etc all are done really well.

The only downside I have about this movie is the fact that a man comes out of the closet to his brother and immediatly he is sick and has AIDS as well. I like it more when movies deal with coming out where the two are not joined by the hip.

Theo: So, you had a lot of partners?
Ryan: Well, that's all relative, isn't it? I mean how many girls have you slept with?
Theo: Ah, I don't know.
Ryan: Well, how many?
Theo: I have no idea, thirty, I never counted it.
Ryan: Thirty, that's impressive.
Theo: And you?
Ryan: I've slept with a few more guys than that.
Theo: How many more?
Ryan: Hundreds more.

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