An especially well-filmed, acted and mounted effort.

“In From the Side” feels too much like two separate movies smashed together like two players from opposing teams, making its 2-hour-and-14-minute run time a slog.

So padded out at 134 minutes with both rugby games and sex scenes that the final effect is numbing, and writer-director Matt Carter doesn’t bother much with either plot or character to fill out his narrative.

In from the Side looks great, the rugby action is convincing ... and there are certainly a lot of handsome men featured in various states of dress and undress (if you like bearded guys, that goes double).