Miles

Synopsis:

Miles (newcomer Tim Boardman) is a high school senior who wants nothing more than to graduate, leave his rural town and move to the city to enroll in film school. Unfortunately, Miles’ father has squandered his college fund on his mistress. With no cash and staring a dead-end future right in the face, Miles searches desperately for a way out, coming across a volleyball scholarship program that exists between his high school and the well-regarded Loyola University in Chicago. The catch? The only volleyball team that exists at his school is a girls’ team.

Quick Thoughts:

I was a bit disappointed with “Miles”. It’s about a young gay man who undertakes a battle to play volleyball, and hopefully gain a scholarship to a college in Chicago, even though his high school only has a girls team. It sets up the underdog trope, but then fails to deliver. Now Miles still achieves his main goal and moves to Chicago, albeit to attend community college instead. It just felt a bit off. However everything up til the end was actually quite enjoyable. I think it’s worth watching, and perhaps I need to rewatch it myself.