Movieo
Poster for Children of God

Children of God

2011 · 1h 44m Drama, Romance
Directed by Kareem Mortimer

Seen it?

Overview

Johnny is an art student in Nassau whose technique is perfect, but he’s creatively blocked. His teacher sends him off to the rural island of Eleuthera where he meets Romeo, a hot musician. They begin a clumsy dance of attraction and romance. Romeo has a fiancé and is identified as straight, but he’s been known to play with the boys on the side secretly. The Bahamas are bound by religious traditions that discourage homosexuality and end up forcing gay men into the closet. These characters are all bound together in this intense drama of love, family and secrets.

Director and cast

Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

Top critics, in their words

All reviews
Rotten

Characters need to be more than vehicles for making a point, and a genuinely heartfelt tone is only partial compensation for an inability to convey the complexity of ideas.

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

Comments

Talk about the film with other members

More films