To call Shelter a movie about gay surfers is as meaningless as calling Brokeback Mountain a movie about gay cowboys. Both statements would be false, and incomplete.
Shelter is a movie about love, the love between two friends (Gabe and Zach), the love between a man and a woman without romantic involvement (Tori and Zach), the love between members of a family (Cody and Zach), and most of all the love between two men who happens to be surfers, and soul mates.
It is sunshine and warmth, with a happy ending, instead of the snowstorms and cold of tragic Brokeback Mountain. The surf scenes are beautifully crafted, and the music score is wonderfully edited to the scenes. It is an uplifting movie.
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