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Blackie wrote on 03/31/2012:

One of the most tedious, self indulgent movies I have seen in ages. All I can say is thank god I have a decent fast forward button on my remote! High point? Zippo......Low points? They abound. One star for some of the good pastoral scenery shots

Chrolli wrote on 02/16/2012:

I actually liked how slow and subtle this film was. The unspoken dialogue was great. Jakob and Marco's story was just so real and beautiful. I loved this film and will be watching it again.

Joe wrote on 12/12/2011:

This is one of the worst movies I ever purchased. Not only is it boring but the plot is just so bad. The acting is terrible. Don't waste your money.

Marty wrote on 11/24/2011:

There's subtle and then there's leaving the audience in a fog. Well acted. But the story left me with more questions than it answered.

just a reviewer wrote on 11/17/2011:

1.5 - STARS AWARDED.

.......Pitched here as more of a Gay Romance....where at Imdb.com it is labeled a Drama. Neither is "mostly" correct....and for why, read on.

In the Director's words, this is a film he calls "The Farm" (perhaps being titled "Harvest" as more saleable for American distribution). Also in Benjamin Cantu's own words, this is more a "Documentary" (at least, a semi-one) rather than a film in either of the 2 Genres mentioned above. In order for you to relate more easily to this film and its location, think of it as being a take on, or a counterpart to, this country's "F"uture "F"armers of "A"merica. BUT, here in this film, a story taking place on the far outskirts of Berlin in an agricultural school established to intern / train the "FFG". Farm life and activities are quite realistically portrayed, right down to the actual use of farm machinery and the handling of animals (it is a working farm). Yes, there is a "side story" in which we are given scenes of the developing "relationship" between 2 young, male trainees (the only professional actors in this film; the many other persons you see being actual agricultural school students and their instructors).

As for my general impression of the storyline, I find it one which smacks of ruralness, a deeply agricultural environment AND, frankly, a fair amount of "story aimlessness". There are many shifts in the activities shown to us and those shifts never seem to lead anywhere (also true within the particular "personal relationship" we are waiting to see develop. Dialog is, admittedly, often unscripted (improvisational), and there is much reliance upon "looks" and "glances" to get a point....or a feeling across to us.

And as for what we're all waiting for (due to the "pitch" given this movie) physical contact between the 2 leads is very slow in coming.....and amounts to nothing other than upper body contact. Kissing scenes are particularly mishandled, due to poor camera angles and even worse use of lighting. Yet, both of the Straight actors playing characters Marko and Jakob are fairly adept at portraying the qualms of "coming out" and facing up to a first affair. Kai-Michael Müller, as Jakob, is particularly able at expressing such feelings. Lukas Steltner (Marko), who we follow from film's beginning, is more stoic in nature (due likely to a more "iffy" family background).

At best, I see this as an "intermittently Gay" film, which I will not be keeping in my Film Library for this Genre.

NOTE: I sometimes wonder why TLA picks certain films for release. At times I've concluded it is because there is a Cast of Teens....and that justifies it all (although in this case there is also a notably good adult female performance). OR, maybe it's because sometimes they can be gotten "For Cheap". But whatever, sadly, in this Genre, I am sure it is rare to achieve a "Latter Days."