Unlike the previous movie wherein the first 30 minutes were the best and everything went downhill from there, here it's the exact opposite, with the final 30 minutes being the best part of the film. Not only because of Michelle's nude scene, but mainly thanks to an admittedly surprising twist at the very end. Bonus points for that.
For those curious: Clive is actually bi/gay, Sandra turns out to be his beard, his father catches him making out with Elliot (I told you that he's an important character), he gets mad, slaps the fuck out of his son. Fast forward 20 years, William is now married to Sandra with two kids, Clive is on his death bed surrounded by family, dying of AIDS. William eventually finds out that the secret language Clive and Elliot were using was not made up, it was actuallya Hungarian poem describing the struggle of constantly having to hide their forbidden love. In hindsight, one could pick up cues upon rewatch, but I don't really see any reason to do that.

Frankly, it's a pretty weird film. Not bad, just difficult to comprehend at times. It kind of reminds me of Mysterious Skin (2004) in the sense that it tries for an artistic undertone and ambiguity, except the latter does it much better.
Still, this is an intelligent film crafted for intelligent, perceptive audience. It's however sadly held back by a rather poor storyline containing too many empty, meandering scenes stuffed to an annoying level with references to various artists and literature that 95 % of the viewers won't and didn't care about at all. It's carried by Michelle, rest of the cast, and the unexpected ending.

To sum it up, it's not a total waste of time, wouldn't recommend nevertheless. 6/10. Meh (5/10 is bad, 7/10 is good).

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Expect the review thread within 24 hours (hopefully)