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Summary: The way movies should be...
Review: "Get Real" is a charming, bittersweet story about two teenagers in love. But their relationship is more complicated than most: they decide to keep it clandestine, because they are gay. Their difficulties in dealing with being gay in a heterosexual society are important lessons for everyone; this film should be required viewing! For me, one of the most poignant comments the film makes is that "gay" and "queer" are put-downs used in a derogatory manner for anyone considered weird or unpopular--whether they are gay or not. Until society overcomes that stigma, tolerance and acceptance will never completely occur. "Get Real" makes a good start in that direction, though. And not only does it make much-needed social comments, it has a sweet romance, witty diaglogue, and superb acting. Kudos to the cast and the director; this is a film I could watch over and over and over again...
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Summary: EXPLOSIVE!
Review: This movie rocks. It is the only movie about young gay men dealing with life that i can think of except for BEAUTIFUL THING, which btw is also excellant. I laughed, i cried, i got tensed, and you can actually feel their emotions at certain points in the movie. If you ever wondered what goes through a young gay man's head as they realize their sexuality definately buy or rent "Get Real" or "Beautful Thing"
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Summary: Beautiful¿ Painful¿ Uplifting¿ Real.
Review: The awkward, embarrassed disgust of the 10-year-old, told for the first time how babies are made.... The breathless, secretive excitement as the adolescent pursues his first sexual encounter.... The gut-wrenching, soul-shatteringly wonderful realization that there is more to sexuality than sex--and that he has met someone to share it all with....Steven Carter and John Dixon, the star-crossed lovers of "Get Real," might easily be the same person: both struggle to reconcile their awakening gay-ness with the lives they're "supposed" to want. Watching, I resonate with each of them in turn. Their two stories, each so similar to the other's, are similar also to mine. And yet their paths are not the same. So with each choice, with each triumph or mistake, I see my life not only as it is, but also as it might have been. Am I more like Steven, valiant and reckless? Or do I, like John, spend my life looking over my shoulder, wondering whom I should be trying to please? "Get Real" is not, finally, about growing up gay, or even about growing up at all. It's about choice--about choosing honesty and integrity or deceit and half-truth, about choosing freedom or security, about choosing to live, or choosing simply to survive. These are the choices we all make, throughout every page of our own stories. Is there a right choice and a wrong choice? We don't know for sure until the credits start to roll. But once we've learned that lesson, there's no turning back.
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Summary: Magnificent and a winner all the way
Review: Congratulations to everyone involved with Get Real. A superbly realised film which makes me proud to be British. So many good things, but in particular I loved Jacquetta May: as Steven's mother she was amazing, a performance of great subtlety and perception ( see the moment in Steve's bedroom when she realises he is gay ). The scene at the disco with John and Steve looking at each other while dancing with Christina and Linda was as funny as it was heartbreaking. The wistful score by John Lunn is another assett and Ben Silverstone...well what can I say? If there was any justice, he would have been nominated for at least an Oscar for this. Certainly one of the last best films of the 1990's, Get Real is just as perfect as films get. Unforgettable.
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Summary: A terific and perfect film
Review: We are very fortunate that the British cinema have produced another wonderfully entertaining film with class. A friend brought a tape he had rented and said we need to watch it last month, March. So we did and I immediately wanted my own copy and via our wonderful home computers, was able to order a DVD of "Get Real." The film is one of the most sensitive coming out stories to date and is perfectly cast and brilliantly acted. Starring Ben Silverstone, who was in "Lolita" which I now must try to see, this is a film that after you see it, you will want to own a copy and you will want to share it with your friends. I can not imagine how much easier my life would have been if I could have seen this film back in my teen years. Treat yourself to a film that can have a positive impact on your feelings.
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Summary: Perhaps the best "coming out" movie ever made....
Review: "Get Real" combines a terrific script with superb acting. Steven Carter is one of the best gay teen characters ever written, portrayed touchingly and realistically by Ben Silverstone. He is simultaneously geeky and sexy, awkward and self-assured, yet underneath his fears and self-doubts there is always a ray of self-acceptance and sense of humor about his predicaments that comes shining through. You will marvel at Steven's courage, empathize with his pain, and just simply fall in love with this complex and totally adorable young man. His love interest, another complex character, is also brilliantly played. Steven's next-door neighbor and (female) best friend is the only character who comes across as somewhat stereotypical (an overweight fag-hag type), yet her performance avoids the pitfalls that the stereotypical characterization could've created. The quirky humor the director interjects throughout the film will catch you off guard at times - during the scene inside the park men's room, when the soundtrack started playing The Troggs' "Love is All Around", I had to supress an urge to laugh uproariously and at the top of my lungs (I first saw the film in a theater). "Get Real" is a "must see" for anyone who knows what it feels like to be young, gay & in the closet, and also for straight folk who wish to understand the difficulties GLBT people have to face, even in our contemporary, allegedly "enlightened" world.
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Summary: Get Real is Great!
Review: Finally! A romantic and intelligent movie regarding the gay lifestyle! Beautifully done and very believable--a great cast! I wish American filmakers would follow their lead and be so fresh and new--worth buying!
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Summary: Warmth, humor, and great intelligence
Review: This engaging movie tells a tricky love story with warmth, humor, and great intelligence. The story centers on the relationship between two very different high school classmates. Steven Carter -- "a young guy who just happens to be gay," as he describes himself -- engages his particular circumstances with a cautious determination to be his true self. Skinny, intelligent, a bit of a geek and a cheerful survivor, he displays the scriptural mixture of the lamb's innocence and the serpent's cunning. In a park men's room, he is surprised and pleased to encounter John Dixon, a star athlete currently dating the most glamorous girl in town. John shares Steven's longings and, falteringly, begins to respond to his implicit, gentle invitation to "get real" about his deepest nature and to live an authentic life. But John has a lot to lose.... Steven and John make a highly original screen couple, and the sweetness and tensions of their relationship are limned with unusual clarity, care, and understanding.
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Summary: EXCEPTIONAL
Review: I am a gay teenager like steven (in the movie) I am the sameage, 16. I rented this movie and watched it 3 times in less then a24hr time period. I think this movie really captures the thoughts, feelings and needs of a gay boy. I just wish i had half the curroage as he did. I think that this was a long-awaited movie. Homosexual people like to watch something that they are interested in. The gay charecters in this movie aren't portrayed as "T.V. - GAY" but "LIFE - GAY." I think there should be alot more videos done like this.
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Summary: Get Real
Review: This is one of the best or perhaps the best gay storyline ever released. What more can I say? It has a great storyline, homour, and importantly addresses a serious dilenma in a very creative and enjoyable way to watch. (The bonus here is that you get to see Gorton's behind which I must admit...WOW...beautiful.
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