Chris Stafford, Tina Holmes, Andersen Gabrych
It's the summer of 1984, you're seventeen, you live in Mid-West, and you're pretty
sure that you're gay--it's the story of Eric, a musically-gifted and charming
soon-to-be high school senior, who ge...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 11, 2000
Stats: 171 reviews
An acquired taste, but if you are a gay man who was a teen in the 1980s, this is a must-see. Others may find it amusing for different reasons.
I'm a huge fan of gay romance (no idea why, I can't stand straight romance), but I didn't particularly like it. The acting was fine, and there was awesome music (Yazoo, Bronski Beat etc = yay), but it was just boring.
I really thought I was gonna hate this movie but I actually thought it was pretty good. A lot of the criticisms I noticed has to do with stupid choices that the Eric character makes but maybe they don't remember what it's like to be 17. He's pretty much an innocent dork that gets...( read more)
Nothing groundbreaking. The problem here is that the characters are so distasteful & one-dimentional, the viewer couldn't care less about them...
Great coming out movie. Tender moments when dealing with the reality that you are Gay.
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