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Get Real (1999)
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Reviews Counted:44
Fresh:34
Rotten:10
Average Rating:6.4/10
Consensus: An authentic portrayal of homosexuality in high school, Get Real is an engaging dramedy that doesn't sermonize its audience nor trivialize its characters.
Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Love blooms in this coming-of-age/coming-out film about a British prep student who follows his heart into uncharted territories.
Starring: Ben Silverstone, Brad Gorton, Charlotte Brittain
Starring: Ben Silverstone, Brad Gorton, Charlotte Brittain
Director: Simon Shore
Director: Simon Shore
Screenwriter: Patrick Wilde
Producer: Stephen Taylor
Composer: John Lunn
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Reviews for Get Real
The strength of this agreeable comedy, directed by Simon Shore from a screenplay by Patrick Wilde, is that it makes even the tiniest sexual encounters seem emotionally momentous.
Simon Shore's feature directing debut displays considerable confidence and aplomb. But his fairly hackneyed sense of storytelling seems to value accessibility above complexity, so don't expect any surprises.
An issue movie, a comedy, and a love story, this is pretty good at being all three.
The film is grounded in genuine emotions and its knowing humour serves it well. I laughed like a drain.
The performances are solid throughout, and the writing is straightforward and tight.
The rather unoriginal script, co-written by Shore and Patrick Wilde (who wrote the stage play upon which the film is based), has roughly an equal number of clever lines and embarrassing clunkers.
succeeds in conveying the misery that always results when people try to hide their true selves to impress others.
It does a fair job and director Shore elicits a solid performance by Silverstone.
Get Real is essentially a conventional tale of forbidden young love that derives its emotional appeal from heartfelt performances by its young cast, particularly the charming Mr. Silverstone.
When the film's poised tone and occasional staginess threaten to intrude on the moving, sincere, recognizably true drama, the fact that the source material comes from a recent work, not some 400-year-old play, keeps it real.
It allows its kids to be themselves and to simply 'be' without judgment. That's an empowering enough message for any movie.
Yes, we've heard the tale before, but somehow it just never gets stale: Welcome to another instalment of Romeo and Romeo.
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