I haven't seen any promos for this film so this review came as a surprise. No doubt it won't be coming to where I live in WV but I thought others of you here may have the opportunity to see this film, which opens tomorrow (Christmas Day).
http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/24/single.man.gay.community/index.html'Single Man' highlights gay, family issues(CNN) -- Watching an early screening of designer Tom Ford's directorial debut, "A Single Man," James Conrad felt chilled to the bone.
Conrad, a 45-year old gay man who lives in New York City, couldn't help but be distracted by the nagging thought that something similar to what the film's main character George experiences -- the isolation of a loved one's passing and society's refusal to recognize their relationship -- could one day happen to him.
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"We're used to movies like 'Brokeback Mountain' that deal with the difficulties of being gay, but this is about the difficulties of being human viewed from the perspective of a gay man," said Aaron Hicklin, the editor-in-chief of Out, the highest-circulation gay monthly. "That's not as common as it should be. As we continue to make the case for full equality, movies like this help balance the negative and stereotypical views of homosexuality that are out there."
"A Single Man," based on the 1964 novel of the same name by Christopher Isherwood, opens across North America on Christmas Day. Early reviews of the film have been positive and last week it received Golden Globe nominations for its score and the performances of actors Colin Firth, who plays George, and Julianne Moore, who portrays his booze-loving best friend Charley.
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