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08/07/08
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.
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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.
07/24/07
Fresh, funny and thoroughly engaging.
07/24/07
Top CriticSimon 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.
07/24/07
An issue movie, a comedy, and a love story, this is pretty good at being all three.
07/24/07
Top CriticThe film is grounded in genuine emotions and its knowing humour serves it well. I laughed like a drain.
06/24/06
Charming and romantic enough to get by.
06/03/06
The performances are solid throughout, and the writing is straightforward and tight.
12/06/05
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.
12/06/05
succeeds in conveying the misery that always results when people try to hide their true selves to impress others.
09/28/05
It does a fair job and director Shore elicits a solid performance by Silverstone.
04/09/05
The movie bravely goes where too many other films have gone before.
02/21/04
Top CriticAnchored by a touching lead performance by Silverstone.
01/13/04
above the usual mundane coming of age genre films
07/19/03
No review available.
02/28/03
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.
10/15/02
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.
06/18/02
It allows its kids to be themselves and to simply 'be' without judgment. That's an empowering enough message for any movie.
04/03/02
Yes, we've heard the tale before, but somehow it just never gets stale: Welcome to another instalment of Romeo and Romeo.
03/19/02
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