Beautifully shot but flawed
This was a classically scripted and acted film with good points. It ticked all the right PC boxes. The depiction of the prejudice gay people faced in the 1950s etc etc. But it was also very stereotypical. The use of a policeman, who we discover, shock horror, was actually gay. The gay bar in a basement with a Madame serving drinks at the bar. The setting of the whole thing in Brighton, the gay capital of the UK. There was nothing really new, surprising or even educational in the whole thing. It felt therefore a really lost opportunity, unlike some of the other really excellent recent films that explore gay relationships.
The worst aspect were the chronological missteps. The events that took place at the beginning of Patrick and Tom's friendship were in the late fifties. But the end of the film was in the present day - you could tell from the registration of the taxi- when the characters would have been in their late 80s. However the characters were visibly in their sixties. For me this made the film feel fake as well as predictable.
The worst aspect were the chronological missteps. The events that took place at the beginning of Patrick and Tom's friendship were in the late fifties. But the end of the film was in the present day - you could tell from the registration of the taxi- when the characters would have been in their late 80s. However the characters were visibly in their sixties. For me this made the film feel fake as well as predictable.
- chocolatefox2-635-705665
- Feb 18, 2023