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First off, this is not a film for straight people.

It's also not a film for Gay people with any self respect.

It is a film for coke sniffing, cigarette sucking, pant pissing, queer bashing, toilet lurking stereotypes. It's so terribly English.

I have no idea why this film was made. There's not a single redeemable character in it and its depiction of Gay men is truly outrageous. A homophobes delight.

The sex depicted is devoid of any passion or love.

It's as if the writers and director set out to make the most disgusting, emotionless, pointless bit of anti-gay propaganda , though I suspect they aren't straight.

You may well feel like a shower after this.

I sure did.

This stunning series packs a punch and a half.

Australian cinema is a world unto its own. Raw, honest, unpredictable and often exceptional.

There's nothing to criticise here - it ticks every box.

This series connects a series of seperate storylines to spin its magic and what magic it spins! It presents the reality of Gay life for so many young people in a raw and brutal style that might shock conservative cinephiles and homophobes which is to its credit. The honesty of each storyline is fully engaging thanks to a brilliant script based on a novel and outstanding acting and direction.

Invisible Boys is simply the most stunning series yet to tell Gay stories.

STAN TV needs to be congratulated for producing this truly sensational mini series.

Highly recommended.

Di Niro was fabulous. The cinematography was fabulous. The editing was fabulous. But the end result was absolutely ridiculous.

What could have been an extraordinary metaphor for current political times and the rise of a tyrant was undermined by a simply stupid script. What is it with Hollywood screenwriters these days? On the whole they fall so short of expectations.

They missed a perfect opportunity to write the next Manchurian Candidate, All the Presidents Men or Citizen Cane here but what they came up with was a really crap Die Hard.

The concept idea was sort of ok but the execution was beyond absurd. The death count, the plot, the 'twists' that were predictable almost from the start, and the arc of the storyline stretched any plausibility this film may have offered.

It also defeated any comment it may have been trying to make about conspiracy theories, megalomania and narcissistic personality disorder by being so utterly lame. In real life, Trump pretty much has single-handedly redefined them. When we have to deal with it daily in all its horror why even attempt to make a film around these issues by making it so breathtakingly dumb.

A sad miss. Try again. Keep it real.