Ben Silverstone, Brad Gorton, Charlotte Brittain

Simon Shore manages the transition from television and documentary to feature filmmaking with great assurance in his debut, the captivating, gay comedy Get Real, based on Patrick Wilde's stage success...( read more  read more... ), What's Wrong with Anger? Shore recounts an appealing tale of a teenaged schoolboy coming to grips with his emerging sexuality. Sixteen-year-old Steven is just another teenager: He listens to the latest music, plays computer games, hangs out with friends. But Steven has a secret: He's in love with the school's top athlete, the devastatingly handsome John Dixon. Not surprisingly, Dixon is dating a model and is the object of every girl's attention. Steven certainly can't tell his parents, and none of his friends know he's gay; he can only confide in his best pal, the overweight, feisty Linda, who wants a romance of her own. As if this weren't complicated enough, Steven discovers that one of the girls at school has developed a crush on him. And then Dixon notices Steven's attention. Shore and his cast of youngsters do a wonderful job of capturing the secret lives of his teenage characters. He penetrates the hearts and minds of people trying to understand their complex sexual yearnings, while compensating for the expectations of parents, friends, and society. Fresh, youthful, and invigorating, Get Real establishes its moving tone from the beginning and doesn't let go; it takes an incisive voyage into the world of a gay teenager trying to tell the world that there's nothing wrong with being in love.

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R, 1 hr. 50 min.

Directed by: Simon Shore

Release Date: April 30, 1999

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DVD Release Date: February 22, 2000

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  • January 9, 2007
    Loved this, made me cry.
  • April 11, 2007
    Loved this film! It's hilarious.

    This is on my sis's favorite movies list. Right, Wan!?
  • September 1, 2009
    brad gorton memoliye benziyö.
  • July 26, 2009
    Good movie...one of the few that doesn't wrap up all neatly at the end.
  • June 27, 2009
    Coming-of-age gay drama, very well acted, and it's best if all hetero couples planning on doing each other were forced to watch it - just in case. However, it fails to address the repercussions of controversial actions.
  • June 18, 2009
    Get REAL? Uh, a handsome and confident teen is what is suppose to pass for a nerd... maybe it's an English thing. So, the first time he attempts casual sex in a public restroom, he meets the jock of his dreams, who also happens to be his age and not some sleazy chicken hawk. And ...( read more)then the jock beats up the nerd... I guess that part could happen. Most "gay" movies are bad, but this was the worse.
  • June 5, 2009
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  • March 6, 2009
    This movie is OK, except for the fact that I, being gay, couldn't relate to much at all in it. And that's a pretty big drawback to me...
  • January 31, 2009
    I've wanted to see this film for a while actually...
  • January 17, 2009
    probably the best gay love story i've sen in a while.

Critic Reviews


July 24, 2007
David Edelstein, Slate

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. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The movie is sound in all the right ways; it argues that we are as we are, and the best thing to do is accept that. full review

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  • hungmannine
    September 12, 2007
    this look like it would be a good movie, so I will have to check on Amazon to see if they have it..

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