Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Crwthod A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

lizcottrill It's was a good job Mr Firth was in it otherwise I would never have made it to the end. The hype appears to be based on the artistic side of the production. I prefer to be entertained.

krocheav Looks like we have another 50's soap-imitation look-a-like (Far From Heaven, etc) this time set in the 60's. Ex fashion designer director; Tom Ford's first movie reeks of his background grooming (gloss and more gloss) An Interesting start quickly gives way to lashings of self awareness and superficial artiness. Firth's performance as the grieving homosexual English professor, while good, gets wasted in situations overloaded with wall to wall joy boy's all just conveniently standing around to 'hook-up' with our grieving hunk. Slow-mo overuse is the first giveaway to pretensions of 'high art' - art this is not - high camp is about all that's left of a screenplay wallowing in its own self satisfied 'accomplishments'. What has happened to Hollywood and the entire film festival circuit? Just look at the numerous audience reviews, from those that spent their money - only to wish back their time along with the dollars. What was Julianne Moore doing in a Second Billed 'Cameo' part? Now that's dishonest marketing and only serves to alienate movie goers even further. Awards and high ratings only fool the industry 'pushers' but, will ultimately undermine the industries reputation among the most important folk of all - the paying customers. Over long, overrated designer gloss, for the easily pleased. Best memory?...a nice (if a little obvious) music score.

Antonius Block This is a quiet, somber, and loving film, plumbing the depths of grief after the loss of one's partner in life. Colin Firth is an English professor whose partner, played by Matthew Goode, has died in a car accident. He is consoled by his friend (Julianne Moore), but is having a lot of trouble snapping out of his despondency. It's a strong cast and Firth and Moore in particular turn in great performances. The beauty of the film, just as in life, is in all of its little moments. Firth's relationship with Goode is told in brief, touching flashbacks, which feel like real memories. A student's (Nicholas Hoult) attraction to him is told very subtly, in the eyes. Firth is morose, but shaken out of his routine and contemplating life and death, takes the opportunity to tell people kind things, the things he normally wouldn't have expressed. He also recognizes those singular moments in life when one sees with absolute clarity, and the way director Tom Ford tells us this is touching and profound.The fact that the people involved in this story are gay is secondary, although it is nice that the movie shows us these relationships are like any other, and the painful consequences of societal rejection. In a heartbreaking scene, Firth's character is not allowed to attend his partner of 16 years' funeral because it's for "family only", but Ford exercises the perfect amount of restraint, and doesn't dwell on this any further. While teaching his class, Firth describes irrational fear as the motivating factor behind hatred of minorities, something heightened when a minority is invisible and walking among us. He's of course alluding to homosexuality, but how appropriate this general message is in 2017, when the outcome of fear has been so clearly felt in U.S. politics.

Joshua Tylee Crossing my radar fairly late and with zero expectations, I was moved to tears by it's realistic depiction of an existential quandary similar to my own personal experiences.The pacing empathically guides you through with Colin Firth's heavy breathing grief and gently lifts you up through romantic chance encounters and difficult revelations, all visually stylised as some beautiful, melancholy fashion magazine dream.This truly is an adaption that will conjure some jealously and heaps of inspiration to other directors and should go without saying that the costume, set design and photography is flawless.TLDR: Beautiful