Get Real

Get Real (1998)

  • 78% of critics liked it
    (46 reviews)

  • 79% of users liked it
    (7,464 ratings)

This gay coming-of-age drama from Britain was screened at many film festivals including Toronto, Edinburgh, and the 1999 Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema section). It tells the story of 16-year-old Steven (Ben Silverstone), a boy who can't tell anyone of his sexual preference except an… More

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R, 1 hr. 48 min.
Directed By
Simon Shore
Written By
Patrick Wilde
Genres
Drama, Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
In Theaters
Apr 30, 1999 Wide
On DVD
Feb 22, 2000
Paramount Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • 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.

  • Derek Elley, Variety

    Fresh, funny and thoroughly engaging.

  • Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader

    An issue movie, a comedy, and a love story, this is pretty good at being all three.

  • Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

    The movie bravely goes where too many other films have gone before.

  • Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

    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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  • Thomas J


    This is a coming of age and coming out story, even though it is set in the U.K., is still close to something I relate to. Well written and acted. There is no drama for drama sake. Very accurate for real life gay teen experience - even down to the chubby friend-girl! I even thing… More

  • Leo L


    Loved this film! It's hilarious. This is on my sis's favorite movies list. Right, Wan!?

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