I Miss You

An undoubted highlight of the (sadly coronavirus-related truncated) Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2020, the rich emotionality of this astoundingly brilliantly written and acted movie far transcends some potentially intrusive and distracting storytelling devices (primarily the portrayal of the main character's ex-boyfriend by three actors, sometimes intercut and alternated within the same scene). The truly beautiful Tommy Heleringer as possibly *the gayest* character ever to grace a cinema screen is a stand-out performance amongst a plethora of perfection. Just an incredible and heartbreaking film.

This is a poorly told story that uses a bad script and terrible cinematography. The audio is bad, and the confused editing doesn't provide much continuity for viewers. If it tried to be less "artistic" and more realistic, it could have been a good film. In its present iteration, it's just .....stupid and unfulfilling.

This film could be a winner, but the acting made me stop watching it several times. Sometimes less is more and trying to show so many emotions at the same time confuses the viewer and it becomes silly. I loved some lines, that shows depth and intelligence. When you're too angry at others, you're angry at yourself, I guess. The soundtrack is brilliant. I expected more and I feel robbed.

The movie (which is not and doesn't want to be a/the play) is cleverly written. The emotions are given but it makes you think, not just the way you think it'd do. You have to figure out what's happening - and this is also the one negative point. Needing to put it together while watching detours the focus somewhat from the important message - but in the end it all comes together and beside it's message it becomes a valued movie experience! Well done.

You have to see Tommy in Tu me manques. He steals the whole movie. I highly recommend. But the writing and his delivery are perfection in this movie.