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Summary: Compasionate, emotional and touching
Review: A movie that captures youth's view of the world and emotional turmoil faced at such an awkward age. With honesty and direct portrayal Get Real offers a REAL look into life as someone seen as different or an outsider. Acting, photography, and screen all deserve an A+. It's rare to find such a unique and touching movie about love, life and happiness.
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Summary: A love story with heart and soul
Review: A gay teenager finds love in the arms of the school jock, but social pressures frustrate their budding romance. "Get Real" is a feelgood movie for gay teenagers (and their parents) everywhere! Bright narrative, instantly likeable characters, and a neatly-observed study of a relationship forged under extreme circumstances, this charming movie balances its dramatic momentum with plenty of comic asides, though the narrative has been stripped of the political dimension which informed the stage play on which it's based. Older cynics may groan at some of the more obvious material, but younger viewers will be enchanted. An unqualified success!Good movie, shame about the DVD! Paramount has issued a no-frills disc in which EVERYTHING BUT THE FILM ITSELF (framed at 2.35:1) is anamorphically encoded! There are no extras, not even a trailer, and yet the disc is selling at the same price as all their other releases. Good quality sound and picture, of course, but you'd think Paramount was ashamed of the film. Don't let it put you off, though - this one's a winner!
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Summary: Fine movie but unrealistic
Review: The film was fine. Some of the fast dialog could be missed with the heavy accents. The performance with the actors; from the main 3 to the supporting roles, were done well. However, the story was un-realistic. Some of the fear was shown but not as deep as it is in reality. There is much more fear, uncertainty, less obviousness and a great deal more over-compensation that takes place today than what was shown. For the most part I enjoyed the movie but did feel cheated that what really happens to kids wasn't shown true to form. I just can't buy into the movie being 'great' because of the gay theme. None of the 'sex' was pushed in the audience face, no strong polical messages were used and there was no trying to change peoples minds. That does make the movie a good viewing experience.
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Summary: Wonderful!
Review: What a wonderful and sensitive depiction of what it means to be gay in high school. I wish I had half the courage portrayed by the character of Stephen Carter. This is an excellent movie for all audiences, and sure to be useful in helping people come to understanding and acceptance of people who are gay.
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Summary: Get "Get Real" - NOW!
Review: "Get Real" is an impressive, quiet film about the angst of adolescence and the pain and pride of being gay. Rarely does a film capture essences and moments of perfection; this brilliant flick is jeweled with them. The performances are outstanding from everyone involved, especially a tour de force job from Ben Silverstone as the outwardly, inwardly gay lead character. Banished from this English production are the sadly hallmarks of most gay films today: drag queens, bar life, and drugs. Inside is a wonderfully told quiet story ready to reach for your heart in less than five minutes. I rarely buy films without seeing them first, but this one came highly recommended. I can honestly say I got every cent of my money's worth!
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Summary: Beautiful, sexy, touching, fantastic
Review: I'm a 19 year old guy from Australia and I got to go and see the premiere of this film in Australia. It was one of the most touching, thought provoking tales of gay love that I'd ever seen - it was also funny, tasteful and beautifullly depicted. Any young gay guy will be able to relate to this movie...but anyone can enjoy it as it is not too confronting, and full of laughs...SEE IT!
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Summary: GET REAL
Review: THIS IS A CUTE, FUN, FELL GOOD MOVIE. WOULD COMPARE AS A GAY VERSION OF PRETTY IN PINK. DOES A GREAT REALISTIC VIEW ON TEENS IN THE 90'S DEALING WITH COMING OUT OF THE CLOSET - BOTH THE GOOD AND BAD. LIKE THE WAY THEY DO NOT PUT THE SEX IN YOUR FACE. ALSO,THE WAY THE PARENTS ARE PORTRAYED IS GREAT. AN ALL ROUND TWO THUMBS UP.
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Summary: FIVE STARS for a superb film!
Review: The DVD version of this movie is great: clear, colorful, beautifully clean sounding, and so forth. The film is now my favorite coming out study after 30 years of watching gay drama, both in movies and on regional theater stages. Too many times to count, there were numerous moments during this film I wanted to step into the scenes and hug Steve and John and show them acceptance and support as well as to thank the respective actors for wonderfully credible, sensitive, and stupendous performances. I did not leave the closet until right after high school but there are multiple other similarities between circumstances in this movie and my life. I suspect I could watch this dozens of times and never tire of its impact and joy. Bravo to all, both in front of and behind the camera lenses, for a superb film!
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Summary: Without question, "Get Real" is SO real
Review: Coming out is difficult enough in this world, but to do so at age 16, among hateful homophobic jocks and completely misunderstanding parental units, can be torturous, particularly if you're a sensitive young bloke (Ben Silverstone) who just wants to fall in love like everyone else around him in his primarily heterosexual environment. Of course, it DOES help if the hunk of your dreams (Brad Gorton) is wildly attracted to and completely in love with you. But, when only your Aretha Franklin-loving, horribly stuck in the 80s, desperate-to-drive, "cuddly" friend Linda (Charlotte Brittain - the epitome of "fag hag") knows about your episodes pulling tricks with strangers in public toilets, it's hard to stay quiet once you ARE in love. You've got to hide it, keep it inside, even though you're practically ready to shout it out to the world. And that is the predicament of young Stephen (Silverstone) in this amazing depiction of falling in love and coming out as a gay youth in the 90s. From being worried about getting "gay-bashed by squirrels" to lamenting about the "sex on legs" he thinks is SO inaccessible, and on to averting the attention of female admirers away from him so he can focus on what he truly wants, Stephen shows us the troublesome side of his secrets but in a often humorous, and always heartwarming fashion. His lover, John Dixon (Gorton), gives us the side of fearing being out while still craving a forbidden love in the worst way. And, in the end, we may not be completely happy with what we see, but we can only imagine what the future holds for Stephen, John, and Linda. All in all, this film is perfect. Whether you're gay, bisexual, straight, or whatever, rent it a few times, or buy it, and learn how beautiful falling in love can truly be. Cheers!
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Summary: Get Real Got It Right
Review: I havn't seen many gay movies but this one tops the list. Although you did have to learn a little brittish lingo if you want a real movie that's what it is going to take. But besides that all I can say is watch it. My sister watched it to and liked it so you don't have to be glb to enjoy it.
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